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report
Building East Africa’s Future: Tanzania and Accelerating Infrastructure Growth
At the August 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the White House brought together government official
s from 50 African countries.
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report
Virtuous circle for east Africa: Regional capital market integration is the only option
Over the past decade, the major economies of east Africa – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda – ha
ve enjoyed annual growth rates of well over 5%.
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report
Can Stock Exchanges Support the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? Lessons from India, South Africa, and Jamaica
Despite their importance in creating private-sector jobs and diversifying economies, small to mediu
m-sized enterprises (SMEs) often struggle to access adequate finance.
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video
Africa: The Next Frontier for Fund Investors
With a bigger landmass and a larger consumer population than India, China, the U.S., and Europe co
mbined, Africa had attracted the attention of most international investors by the early 2000s.
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video
Building Tomorrow's Agents of Change Across Africa
By the close of the century, sub-Saharan Africa will be the world's most populous region. Growth a
nd prosperity will depend not on natural resources, but on the talent and entrepreneurial energy of the region's young professionals.
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video
Frank Aswani: Strengthening Africa’s Social Investment Ecosystem to Help Tackle COVID-19
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Dr. Frank Aswani about ways to bolster Africa’s social investment e
cosystem to help the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
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article
The Post-COVID-19 Urban Challenges in Africa
COVID-19 is very much an urban disease. What does this mean for the world’s fastest urbanizing regio
n, Africa?
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video
How is COVID-19 Affecting Food Security in West Africa? An Interview with Dr. Mabouba Diagne
Dr. Mabouba Diagne of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development talks to COVID-19 Africa Watc
h about the lessons of COVID-19 for improving food security in the West Africa region.
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video
COVID-19’s Impact on the Agri-Sharing Economy in Africa: An Interview with Hello Tractor’s Folu Okunade
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Folu Okunade, Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Operating Officer,
Hello Tractor, about the pandemic’s impacts on small-scale farming and the burgeoning ‘agri-sharing’ economy in Africa.
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video
Africa: Understanding Its Unique Value Proposition
Moderator: Helima Croft
Speakers: Samit Gehlot, Bassim Haidar, Yvonne Ike, Jay Ireland
article
What Should We Think of Rodrik’s Growth Ideas for Africa Today?
“It is worth considering what it would take for any of these strategies to work, and more crucially,
whether the current pandemic and the global after-shock affect how they might be implemented.”
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