One-fifth of the global population under the age of 25 resides in rapidly growing Sub-Saharan Africa. But African governments are struggling to tap into this demographic dividend. One reason why: the crippling gap between what African students are learning and...
Asia is undoubtedly the most dynamic region of our time. It has witnessed a phenomenal transformation and the deepest economic miracle with profound implications for the global economy in the twenty-first century.
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) in partnership with the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution successfully launched the 2019 Foresight Africa report on 31 January in Accra, […]
Sub-Saharan Africa has returned to growth. To pursue its structural transformation amid a weak industrial base and high labor costs, the adoption of policies promoting entrepreneurship in the promising service sector should assist in confronting the challenge of absorbing millions...
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, providing employment for a large proportion of the population. Yet agricultural growth has been slow and sometimes negative and has not been […]
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA), Vera Songwe, has underlined the urgent need for the continent to prioritize agriculture, describing it as “the quintessential […]
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country is to see an improvement following government’s decision to restructure the sector to be able to support the industrialisation agenda.
Africa’s population and labor force are growing rapidly, but opportunities for decent employment are expanding at a slower pace. According to the African Development Bank, the gap between the number of labor market participants and available wage job opportunities widens...
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 the occurrence of food riots, experienced […]
Over Christmas, I took the opportunity to visit Asare Odometa Plantations, a farming enterprise in the Asesewa area of the Manya Krobo District in Ghana’s Eastern Region that could be a model for the government’s One District One Factory election...
Over the last decade, Africa’s agricultural production has improved notably. Between 2000 and 2014, the production of major crops like cereals increased by 69%, while production of roots and tubers […]
How to make farming attractive to young people is fast becoming a major talking point in development circles. In a context where farming populations are ageing and young people, especially young graduates, seem repelled by the drudgery and low technology...
In the Mole-Dagbani ethnic groups of Northern Ghana, families are organized by specific vocations or trades. There are blacksmiths who buy meat from butchers; meat cut into pieces with knives and machetes made by the […]
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Book Review: Resurgent Asia and Lessons for Africa
Asia is undoubtedly the most dynamic region of our time. It has witnessed a phenomenal transformation and the deepest economic miracle with profound implications for the global economy in the twenty-first century.
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