December 2017
ISSUE 1 : ACET working in partnership to transform Africa today!
Contents of December Issue
Editor’s note
During 2017, ACET Communications introduced some media products, including blogs, and interactive tools. We hope that this new online magazine will help strengthen our engagement with our...
READ STORYA new ‘club’ comes together
The best way for the Compact with Africa to succeed is to keep African policymakers in the driver’s seat—and in close contact with each other. When German Chancellor Angela Merkel first...
READ STORYCalling African policymakers: our economic future must be powered by our farms
Land rights and public investment are crucial to realizing agriculture’s potential as a catalyst for economic transformation. At first glance it might seem surprising that the African Center for...
READ STORYThe evolving landscape for external development financing: what African policy makers must know
This article is based on the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) synthesis report, “Mobilizing and Managing External Development Finance for Inclusive Growth: Six Countries’...
READ STORYJobs, technology and private sector investment – ingredients for economic transformation in Africa
As the global focus on jobs, technology and private sector investment sharpens, it is important to understand the drivers and perception of work-related supply and demand in Africa. Back in...
READ STORYEvents update
Over the past year, ACET has pushed its transformation agenda through a series of multi-stakeholder events linked to major research projects. This has helped to cement its reputation as a thought...
READ STORY2017 media monitoring report
Key events such as the launch of ACET’s flagship publication, together with our engagement with major policy initiatives and our production of cutting edge research created considerable media...
READ STORYOur social media footprint
In 2017, ACET’s social media footprint grew in ways that can be measured. Twitter followers were up, Facebook likes more than doubled and there was renewed interest in our LinkedIn page. Our...
READ STORYAfrican Transformation Today is edited by Dede Amanor-Wilks with Jason Thompson, Hardi Yakubu, John Osei, Percis Ofori and Glen Darby. Articles in this online magazine are peer reviewed.

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African Transformation Today is an online magazine bringing you top stories from the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET).