The Case for Gender-Smart Investing in Accelerating Africa’s Economic Transformation
Africa’s growth story cannot be told without women. Women make up more than 50% of the continent’s population and contribute significantly to its economies, from running farms and businesses to driving innovation at the grassroots level. Despite this, women-owned businesses continue to be excluded from mainstream finance by structural barriers such as: Access to finance: […]
Mobilizing Domestic Capital: From Dormant Assets to Scalable Impact
As a continent, Africa’s development story is often told through the lens of aid and external investment. Yet beneath the surface lies a powerful but underutilized resource: domestic capital. Pension funds, insurance reserves, sovereign wealth funds, and diaspora remittances together represent hundreds of billions of dollars. But much of this capital remains locked in low-yield, […]
Africa’s Workforce for Tomorrow: Investing in Jobs, Skills and Innovation
Africa’s young population is growing faster than formal employment opportunities. This mismatch threatens social stability, but also signals the urgency of rethinking how skills are developed and jobs are created. Reports show that every year, nearly 12 million young Africans enter the labor force, but only about 3 million formal jobs are created. And that […]