The third G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) peer-learning workshop was successfully held on the sidelines of the 3rd German-Africa Business Summit in Accra, Ghana from 11 to 13 February. The main objective of the CwA…
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) in partnership with the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution successfully launched the 2019 Foresight Africa...
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has won a Prospect Think Tank 2018 award for Best Economic Think Tank in the global category....
African leaders from government, the private sector and civil society gathered together with development partners in Accra, Ghana for the second African Transformation Forum...
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, providing employment for a large proportion of the population. Yet agricultural growth has been slow and...
An overhaul of Ghana’s educational system, specifically, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as well as the teaching of science, technology, engineering and...
Revenue from the extractive industries represents an important share of total government revenue in West Africa. In Ghana, almost 20 percent of government revenue...
A strong policy direction towards agriculture and manufacturing sectors, support for the private sector, skills development, and information on labour market statistics were some...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the Initiative for Global Development (IGD), the Rockefeller Foundation and Grow Africa, organized the first-ever Leadership...
In its latest flagship report, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has urged African governments to adopt a two-pronged approach to industrialization. During...
Sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to become an efficient food producer to feed its expanding population and export to the rest of the world...
Participants at an event to launch Ghana’s National Suppliers Development Programme (NSDP) called for its immediate implementation to help benefit local businesses.
Strong leadership, macro-economic stability, adequate infrastructure, entrepreneurial skills, tax reforms and African ownership of the Compact with Africa process were issues high on the...
On 5th June 2017, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), in partnership with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Government of Ethiopia,...
Closer collaboration between the public and private sector to release untapped private finance for investment in Africa topped the agenda of the 2017 Development...
By Percis Ofori Durban, South Africa, May 5-6, 2017. Representatives of the private sector, development partners, African governments, philanthropic organizations and think-tanks met in...