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Given today’s global economy, geopolitics, and shifting trends, the policy approaches in most African countries are not sufficient to ensure the continent’s long-term development or enable countries to withstand shocks—as […]
Two studies of young women’s employment challenges in Ghana and Senegal conducted by ACET in 2020 map the barriers and enabling factors faced by young women in the world of […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 5 Recommendations This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 4 Skills Gaps This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 3 Enablers This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 2 Barriers This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]
As ACET launches its new Gender Equality program, our Executive Vice President Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi explains how gender equality and economic transformation are inseparable. How would you assess progress on gender equality in […]
How does the Private Sector Development unit help deliver economic transformation in Africa? Charles Odoom: Everything we do in ACET is driven by our economic transformation framework of growth with […]
2021 brought another year of uncertainty as COVID-19 continued to spread across the continent and around the world, impacting lives and economies. It forced us to face the reality that abrupt economic shocks can cause progress to stall—or reverse—as long...
At a meeting of the TLP, eminent African and global leaders shared their concerns about the social, climate, and economic and political instability. The panel called on African leaders to take control and lead a wake-up call to the international...
Young African women face many significant barriers and constraints in the world of work. Women are heavily overrepresented in the informal sector, even while the employment-to-population ratio for women in Sub-Saharan Africa is relatively high at 57 percent. In Ghana...
Overview – Young women in Ghana and Senegal face significant barriers in the world of work due to social prejudices, a lack of access to the right education and resources, limited opportunities for career advancement, unfavorable workplace conditions, and ineffective...
Senegal has made the empowerment of women an essential pillar of the Plan Senegal Emergent, the unifying framework of public policy. The study covers three sectors: agriculture, tourism and hospitality, and business process outsourcing (BPO).
Young women in Ghana face significant barriers in the world of work due to social prejudices, a lack of access to the right education and resources, limited opportunities for career advancement, unfavorable workplace conditions, and ineffective government policies. This study...
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Transformation Spotlight: Bogolo Kenewendo on the opportunities of the AfCFTA
Bogolo Kenewendo on opportunities and pitfalls of the AfCFTA – and the crucial role of Africa’s youth in ensuring the trade area’s ultimate success.
AfCFTA Climate change Featured SMEs Spotlight