As part of the Compact with Africa (CwA) initiative and the German Reform Partnership (RP) Program, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) recently organized a peer...
By Edward K. Brown and George Boateng Following the wave of independence across the continent in the early 1960s, regional cooperation and integration (RCI)...
By Chux Daniels (ACET and the University of Sussex), Benedikt Erforth (DIE), Rob Floyd (ACET), and Chloe Teevan (ECDPM) This article is excerpted from...
African policymakers face a daunting challenge in designing skills strategies that support transformation goals while also producing a resilient, adaptable workforce for the future....
The AfCFTA creates space for the EU to move beyond the traditional development cooperation niche and offers a strategic opportunity for African and European...
Economic transformation depends on a workforce equipped with the right knowledge and skills to meet current—and future—labor market demands. How can African countries get...
Creating decent jobs in line with future expectations requires policies and strategies that enable workers to move from traditional to modern jobs and sectors....
A large and growing youth workforce holds enormous potential for Africa, but only if the continent’s chronic unemployment—and-under employment—issues are addressed. The solution starts...
The future of global labor will be increasingly African. One-fifth of the world’s population under the age of 25 now resides in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
Friday, July 10, 2020 –– By 2050, Africa will be home to 2.5 billion people, almost twice as many as today. In the face...
A review of the local approaches and instruments employed by Development Finance Organizations (DFOs) The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is supporting the...
The COVID-19 crisis is severely straining African economies, threatening to undermine decades of progress and jeopardize long-term goals, including economic transformation. But there are...
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...
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...