Guinea, a country of roughly 12.4 million people with a bank account penetration rate of 15 percent as of 2017, has made modest gains in reducing financial exclusion levels since 2011, despite being hit by…
By Edward K. Brown As the world enters the Fourth Industrial Revolution of artificial intelligence, robotics and the internet of things, the challenge for...
A discussion paper by Edward Brown High unemployment and high gold prices since the 2000s have resulted in a boom in artisanal and small-scale...
The latest round of Global Findex data show that two particular groups – women and youth – consistently than adult and youth males. Zambia...
Sierra Leone, a country of roughly 7.5 million people with a bank account penetration rate of 20 percent as of 2017, has made modest...
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....
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...