This is a synthesis report on Promoting Women and Youth Financial Inclusion for Entrepreneurship and Job Creation: Comparative Study of Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries. The three countries covered in this study are Guinea, Sierra Leone and Zambia.
By John Asafu-Adjaye and Yohannis Tessema Africa has been identified as the region most at risk of climate change due to its high dependence...
One-fifth of the global population under the age of 25 now resides in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the world’s youngest region, which is growing at...
Figures on artisanal miners are often lumped with small-scale operators. Yet, understanding what motivates such miners or stops them from becoming formal small-scale miners...
This report provides an update of country and sector-level trends in foreign direct investments (FDI) flows and announcements in cross-border investments in Compact with...
Africa’s population is growing fast, and so are the continent’s food requirements. More must be done in future to increase agricultural productivity to eliminate...
Many African countries are considering mainstreaming artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as a catalyst for inclusive growth. ASM has been touted as having the...
The African Transformation Report 2017 sets out a bold new agenda for African development, powered by a revolution in agriculture.
This study provides a comparative analysis of natural resource sector development in eight African countries. The study looks at national policies and strategies together...
This study assesses how African countries mobilize, allocate and manage external resource inflows, as well as how they manage relationships with funders—traditional and non-traditional,...
By Maame Esi Eshun, Southern Voices Network Scholar Approximately 8 million Africans are engaged in artisanal mining—mining activity characterized by the use of rudimentary...
By Maame Esi Eshun, Southern Voices Network Scholar The artisanal mining sector employs nearly 8 million Africans across the continent and supports more than...
By George Boateng, Southern Voices Network Scholar August 2016 First signed into law in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was expanded...
This chapter first reviews the state of land tenure and administration in Africa and identifies nine (9) factors that could explain the problems faced...
The paper discusses the current state of agricultural mechanization in Africa and its potential contribution to agricultural and broader economic transformation. It reviews the...
This paper discusses irrigation as a major contributor to the transformation of African agriculture in order to address the challenges of ending hunger, reducing...