#ATF2018
was a unique, policy-focused event, which brought together leading experts & practitioners to share perspectives on how to accelerate job growth, boost investment, & implement transformation policies.
#ATF2021
is going to be bigger and better as we go
#virtual
.
🗓️JULY 15
Our third African Transformation Report, Integrating to Transform, explores the critical need for African countries to work together beyond trade to accelerate transformation and enable economies to scale
#ATR3
#IntegratingtoTransform
In our latest African Transformation Quarterly, we feature an insightful video interview with Freda Yawson (
@Free_4_Africa
), Senior Manager at ACET.
Among other things, Freda discusses the importance of regional collaboration and domestic resource mobilization for advancing the
Congo Republic🇨🇬, Rwanda🇷🇼, and Burundi🇧🇮 have diversified their economies and boosted their growth in the past 20 years. Join us on May 20 as we discuss how they did it.
RSVP:
#ATI2023
#ATISummit
We'll miss the warm hugs at
#ATF2021
as we go virtual but
@TechChange
has got our back.
Join us for a virtual experience like no other.
✧ 🎀 𝒥𝒰𝐿𝒴 𝟣𝟧 🎀 ✧ is the date
In a self-reinforcing manner, collaboration to produce regional public goods will also help build experience and trust to pursue deeper regional economic integration - more in this week's launch of the
#ATR3
@
#ATF2021
#IntegratingtoTransform
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#ATF2021
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See you on THURSDAY!
Wondering how
#Africa
should manage future climate risks and harness climate-smart agriculture? Or wondering what climate-smart agriculture means at all?
👉Register for the upcoming
#ATF2021
to hear from leaders and experts.
#IntegratingtoTransform
Excited to introduce our esteemed speakers for the upcoming Summit on Economic Growth and Transformation in
#Africa
! Join us for insightful discussions with Prof. Nicola Viegi (
@viegi_nic
), Dr.
@KouassiYeboua
, and Dr. Robert Nkuna (
@Mabuse01
), moderated by our own
@MauraL33
.
ACET is pleased to announce the appointment of
@MOGinAfrica
as our new President & CEO, effective July 1, 2024. With over 25 years of experience in economic & social policy, Mavis is set to lead ACET into its next phase of impact and growth.
Learn more👇🏾
In our latest report on
#evidence
use, we find that policymaking in
#Ghana
continue to be heavily influenced by neo-patrimonial practices & the prevailing duopolistic, competitive, clientelist political settlement.
More in this
@SEDI_Programme
report: 👉
“We do not need to have all 54 countries to have visionary leaders. What we need is a maximum of 20 of the likes of the presidents of
#Ghana
,
#Rwanda
and Côte d’Ivoire.” –
@AlikoDangote
“Africa is witnessing the dawn of a new economic pan-Africanism,”
@SongweVera
, Exec Secretary United Nations
@ECA_official
will speak at
#ATF2018
tomorrow in a dialogue to be moderated by BBC's
@sikenye
On Thursday, 21st June, 2018, I gave the keynote address at the second edition of the African Transformation Forum organised by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), in Accra.
Are you an Afro-optimist? Mark the date 𝕁𝕌𝕃𝕐 𝟙𝟝 to hear from the continent's most foremost leaders on how we will transform economies for generations to come.
#ATF2021
#ATR3
#IntegratingtoTransform
Register NOW! 📌
We are thrilled to announce that Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi (
@MOGinAfrica
) is officially stepping into the role of President and CEO of ACET today!
Mavis brings a wealth of experience and a transformative vision for Africa’s economic future. Her insightful article on the care economy
🗓️ Mark your calendars! Our YES-PACT Learning Series continues TOMORROW at 10:30 AM GMT. Join policymakers and industry leaders as we discuss strategies to enhance youth employment through
#TVET
in Côte d’Ivoire.
Register today:
#YESPACT
#ACET
Help us to fight corruption; help us to kill the big man syndrome; help us to ensure that resources mobilised for African development are used for African development, ACET Board Chairman, Tito Mboweni urges participants while welcoming them to
#atf2018
#dialogue4action
African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday. It's important to know that "
#AfCFTA
is not simply a free trade agreement; it is a vehicle for
#Africa
’s economic
#transformation
."
@jorgeboat
discuss key measures to help African economies rebound quickly after the current crisis, and to ensure the economic transformation agenda stays on track for the long term.
@tito_mboweni
chaired the meeting.
#StaySafe
#zoommeetings
#boardmeeting
In the last 12 yrs, we've been at the forefront of advancing African solutions to African challenges under the passionate leadership of our Board of Directors chaired by
@tito_mboweni
. At today's meeting, the board approved our 2022 work plan - the transformation journey is alive
For the next 8 Wednesdays, we’ll celebrate some amazing
#African
women who are moving the needle on women’s empowerment and transformation. Meet today’s
#WCW
,
@MOGinAfrica
, our very own
@AcetforAfrica
Executive Vice President - here's what she had to say on
#IWD2022
:
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"Everyone talks about Growth and its importance, more often than not people think GROWTH is going to solve everything. But the view at ACET is growth is not enough; Africa needs to transform." -
@tito_mboweni
speaking at
@AcetforAfrica
Summit on Economic Transformation.
Learn
Research Analyst and a lead author,
@Cdore_
, describes our recent
@SEDI_Programme
report on
#Ghana
🇬🇭 as one that "explores the various factors that shape the flow of evidence, including the actors who control the rules of the game"
⤵️Download a copy at:
#Ghana
is currently experiencing its worst sovereign debt crisis since 2000. What must be done to ensure a resilient recovery?
Join our EVP
@MOGinAfrica
and other experts on
@CitiTVGH
as they dive deep into solutions for recovery.
Emphasizing curriculum reform for the
#futureofjobs
, ACET Senior Fellow
@hs0970
said, “The curriculum must remain relevant and forward-looking to ensure the skills STEM students acquire are useful and productive in tomorrow’s economy”.
Read more
Reeta Roy, President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation
@MastercardFdn
will deliver the maiden African Transformation Distinguished Lecture at the African Transformation Forum 2018
#ATF2018
As
#Africa
prepares to take center stage @
#COP27
,
@ndidiNwuneli
says it's a critical time for us to assert ourselves. She outlines 3⃣ things she would like to see from world leaders.
Subscribe to our newsletter to watch the full spotlight video!
📍
.
@AcetforAfrica
Board Chair,
@tito_mboweni
, explains our approach to economic transformation:
"Transformation means Diversification, Export Competitiveness, Productivity Increases, Technology Upgrading, and Human Well-being. At ACET, we call this the Growth with DEPTH model."
Africa's young men and women "are fundamental to all the pillars of transformation. They will be its drivers and its beneficiaries." Reeta Roy
@MastercardFdn
"At their core, economic transformation and youth employment are inseparable. It’s impossible to envision a solution to the future of work in Africa without economic transformation." Reeta Roy
@MastercardFdn
#ATF2018
#DistinguishedLecture
#Nkrumah
rightly said "The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart". By
#IntegratingtoTransform
, Africa can achieve it's goals of
#economictransformation
& improve the lives of its citizens. This is the crux of our work.
The oil palm industry has multiple untapped value adding opportunities that can be captured by:
👉🏿Closing the yield gap
👉🏿Improving the oil extraction rate (OER)
👉🏿Improving crude palm oil (CPO) quality of small millers
👉🏿Promoting outgrower schemes
Cost of transporting a container of goods from
#Mombasa
to
#Kigali
had dropped from US$4,000 to US$2,000 simply by having one-stop border posts and harmonizing trade guidelines. It's no surprise that Rwanda ranks 2nd in
#Africa
on
#EaseofDoingBusiness
.
#ATF2018
📢Our latest multi-country report maps progress in strengthening Secondary Edu systems to deliver a workforce prepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and covers 6 countries: Côte d’Ivoire🇨🇮, Ethiopia🇪🇹, Ghana🇬🇭, Niger🇳🇪, Rwanda🇷🇼, and Uganda🇺🇬
⏬
Ten years ago, we opened our "doors in Accra with a single mission: to ensure that Africa’s economic growth is sustainable and inclusive."
@kyamoako
Read how we have engaged
#governments
to move in new policy directions for
#economic
#Transformation
.
"The demographic shift in Africa is an incredible opportunity to change the narrative", - Reeta Roy of
@MastercardFdn
delivering the African Transformation Distinguished Lecture at
#ATF2018
#EPAs
did “fragment the continent into 5 or 6 different regions.
#CFTA
is making one Africa, with 1.2 billion people. It is a more powerful market, it’s a stronger market; it will be more effective for job creation.”
@SongweVera
#ATF2018
Other African countries should follow the example of Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to reform land right laws to enable women to legally own land
#ATR2017
“Our continent is home to more than half the world’s uncultivated arable land, with diverse climates suited to a wide range of plant and animal species.” Dr. Yaw Ansu - Chief Economist Emeritus at ACET
The ratification of the
#AfCFTA
by
#African
leaders proves that there is a shared consensus around the need to change the trade and economic capacity on the continent.
👉Join us on July 15 for
#ATF2021
as we launch our flagship report
#ATR3
#InegratingtoTransform
"The structure of most
#African
economies had not changed in forty or more years. So even as many countries began experiencing robust levels of economic growth, the gains were not sustainable—they were shallow, driven by high commodity prices or macroeconomic reforms."
@kyamoako
Ghana🇬🇭 and Cote d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 remain the top two cocoa producers but most of the beans are exported in its raw form.
In Ghana, a whole week is dedicated to promote eating of chocolate as part of
#valentinesday2021
. Next bold step should be domestic processing of the beans.
How can the
@IMFNews
and other devt partners best support
#African
economies rebound in the aftermath of the
#COVID
-19 pandemic?
Join us this Tuesday via
#zoom
as
@IMFNews
’ African Director, Abebe shares some key insights.
Register at:🔗
#AfricaPostCovid
"The
@GhanaCompact
will be an agreement between citizens and government, regardless of who is in power, on the direction of travel for our country, and on the vision and principles that underpin our democracy." - Dr.
@KYAmoako
#GhanaCompact
#theGhanaWeWant
Palm Oil has many comparative advantages:
🔑Productivity: Palm oil is eleven times more productive than soybean, five times more productive than rapeseed, and eight times more productive than sunflower.
How are African Governments taking advantage of
#PalmOil
?
Meet our 3rd speaker
@adiaspeaks
, the Chief Marketing Officer for
@MTNNG
. She has successfully designed, built, & scaled tech-driven platform companies in emerging markets.
Register and join the conversation:
#IntegratingToTransform
During the first decade of the 2000s,
#Africa
experienced growth acceleration propelled by demand for primary commodities but growth collapsed in 2007 & 2015 when global demand weakened. And then came
#COVID19
.
Join us on the sidelines of
#TICAD8
as we explore what...
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Today, everyone can have a voice. Individuals have millions of followers on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. And one could dare say that many of those individuals across the continent are much savvier on social media than African think tanks"
Today President
@NAkufoAddo
launched Volkswagen Ghana and the 1. Made in Ghana VW were presented. We started this project in August 2018 when Chancellor Merkel was in 🇬🇭. Great success for all involved and for 🇩🇪🇬🇭 relations!
@RegSprecher
@GermanyInAfrica
#ATF2018
Confirmed Guests: Dr.
@SongweVera
- Executive Secretary of the
@ECA_OFFICIAL
will engage with Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta and Hon.
@claverGatete
on the different perspectives of transformation at the national, regional, and continental levels.
On
#IWD2022
, ACET &
@_aaawe
will facilitate a
#TwitterSpaces
discussion between African female policy leaders and young Africans on how we place
#GenderEquity
at the heart of
#Africa
’s Economic Transformation Agenda.
Set a reminder for our upcoming Space!
#ATF2018
has been duly opened. The five PACT break-out sessions to follow will discuss in detail challenges & practical policy solutions in the areas of agriculture, extractives, youth employment and skills, manufacturing and resource mobilisation and management
#dialogue4action