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Economic intelligence, business insights and strategic thinking on Africa, with practical implications for entrepreneurs, investors, executives and policymakers.
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The question is not only “does Africa save enough?” but “where do the savings that exist go?”
Sub-Saharan Africa saves half as much as emerging Asia, and yet the money exists: bank deposits, pension funds, diaspora remittances. What the facts say about savings that do not flow into productive investment, and what would get them there.
Read the articleBetween the national statistic and a household’s income there is a firm, an administration, a leadership team. That is where growth turns into prosperity, or is lost.
Twelve of the world’s twenty fastest-growing economies are African, and poverty is barely falling. What the evidence says about the gap between national growth and household income, and what would close it.
Read the articleFirms do not stay small because they are informal. They stay small because they do not yet have an organisation.
West African firms do not stay small because they are informal. They stay small because they have not yet become organisations. What the evidence says about why firms fail to grow, and what actually makes them.
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