As Africa countries ramp up their responses to the novel coronavirus, increased collaboration between governments and development partners is needed to ensure urgent priorities are addressed for both immediate and long-term needs, according to one…
Accra, May 25, 2020 – The Transformation Leadership Panel (TLP), an initiative of the Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), will meet on the...
By ARKEBE OQUBAY The response to Africa’s COVID-19 plight must be swift and at scale rather than too little, too late. In a world short...
By Yohannis Mulu Tessema and John Kojo Osei COVID-19, if not contained, can have long-lasting effects on all sectors of the African economy in...
K.Y. Amoako, President of the Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has joined African leaders and institutions in lending strong support to an initiative calling for coordinated global leadership to address the...
“We went through, just in the last 20 years, this big debt forgiveness for a lot of African countries……now all of a sudden are...
With the global spread of the COVID-19, and gradual lock downs in cities and countries across Africa, I have new fears – that starvation...
February 27, Addis Ababa – The second meeting of the Transformation Leadership Panel (TLP), an initiative of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)...
As the situation with COVID-19 continues to evolve globally, with Ghana’s positive cases increasing, we at ACET are practicing the preventive measures set forth...
By John Asafu-Adjaye Many people will agree with the proposition that prosperity is much more than material wealth. Prosperity also encompasses safety and security, wellbeing, freedom of association...
Reviewed by Arkebe Oqubay A trilogy on Asia’s transformation Deepak Nayyar — economist, thinker, leading scholar — has written yet another splendid book. Resurgent...
By Arkebe Oqubay Ethiopia’s remarkable record of economic growth and home-grown development path has inspired the whole continent of Africa. In reviewing the decade,...
By Mr. George Boateng and Ms. Beatrice Oforiwaa Dankyi The landmark African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, which will be fully operational in 2020, has the potential...
By Rob Floyd All eyes were on Madrid for COP25, but the global community was largely dysfunctional, divided and distracted. Big polluters spent more...
By Sammy Adjei A new report on economic openness in Ghana by the Legatum Institute, was launched at an event with the African Center...
By George Boateng Agriculture remains the backbone of most African economies, contributing 24 percent of gross domestic product in Tanzania, and about 30 percent in Burkina Faso. It also...