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, which is growing at a rapid rate. The region’s working age population is expected to reach 600 million in 2030, with a youth share of 37 percent—bigger than that in China.
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...
Sierra Leone, a country of roughly 7.5 million people with a bank account penetration rate of 20 percent as of 2017, has made modest...
This is a synthesis report on Promoting Women and Youth Financial Inclusion for Entrepreneurship and Job Creation: Comparative Study of Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries....
By John Asafu-Adjaye and Yohannis Tessema Africa has been identified as the region most at risk of climate change due to its high dependence...
One-fifth of the global population under the age of 25 now resides in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the world’s youngest region, which is growing at...
Figures on artisanal miners are often lumped with small-scale operators. Yet, understanding what motivates such miners or stops them from becoming formal small-scale miners...
This report provides an update of country and sector-level trends in foreign direct investments (FDI) flows and announcements in cross-border investments in Compact with...
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...
Many African countries are considering mainstreaming artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as a catalyst for inclusive growth. ASM has been touted as having the...