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Reaching for the Stars: How Africa's Youth Is Leveraging Technology to Solve Africa's Most Pressing Problems
Africa has the fastest growing, youngest population of any continent, and for this rising popula
tion set, it is second nature to turn to technology to solve the continent’s most pressing problems.
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Africa: Next Frontier for the Creative Economy
The digital and creative economies in Africa continue to expand. While the continent’s digital e
conomy is projected to grow six times by 2050 to over $700 billion, the creative artistic economy is especially explosive.
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What's Next for Impact Investing in Africa?
An estimated $4 trillion is needed annually from private investors to help finance development p
riorities and accelerate sustainable, inclusive growth around the world.
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The Africa Opportunity: The Potential of the World’s Next Economic Powerhouse to Shape Our Global Future (Invite only)
Africa’s demographics are both wildly compelling and daunting. By 2050, 90 cities in Africa will
be home to over a million people, and the continent will hold six of the world’s mega cities—those with more than 10 million residents.
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Africa in the Driver’s Seat: The New Rush for Africa (Invite only)
With increasing trade and financial flows across the "global South," rising food and resource in
security in more developed markets, and the growing scramble for cobalt, lithium and other "rare earths", African countries are being courted on many sides f
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Investing in Africa's Creative Economy
A burgeoning digital and creative economy in African markets is rapidly expanding, with the cont
inent’s digital economy projected to grow six times over by 2050 to $712 billion.
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Financing Global Early Warning Systems Country Case Study: Kenya
Kenya experienced a significant economic slowdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenya’s extensive a
viation connections throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia make Kenya one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa.
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Scaling Innovation: Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech Award Announcement and Reception
The Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize Program is a collaboration between the Milken Institute and
the Motsepe Foundation advancing technological progress towards the UN SDGs.
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Part 2: Milken-Motsepe Prize Award Ceremony: Global Green Energy Winners
Nearly a billion people worldwide are without access to electricity. The Milken-Motsepe Prize in
Green Energy was launched to incentivize entrepreneurs around the globe to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity.
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Emerging Markets: Clearer Skies Ahead
As emerging economies in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia continue to recover from the
COVID-19 pandemic, many emerging market economies look better positioned than they were during the Global Financial Crisis.
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Strategic Philanthropy Around the World
From ubuntu in Southern Africa to sadaka enriching Swahili, to zakat and tzedaka among related t
erms for the same benefit in the cultures of the Near and Middle East, philanthropy around the world is anything but one-size-fits-all.
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The Emerging World of Opportunities: Insights from MI's Global Opportunity Index
Join us for an insightful panel featuring findings from the Milken Institute's Global Opportunit
y Index (GOI).
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