This article was originally drafted by the African Center for Economic Transformation for the newsletter “West Africa Trends” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. It has been said that “failing to plan is like planning to fail” and this has also […]

Sixty-five percent of Africa’s population is under the age of 24, with over 40 percent of the total population below the age of 16, and about 25 percent between the ages 15 and 24. The issue of education is a recurring theme in conversations about Africa’s youth. World Bank data […]

The Malian government had its hands full with the Sahel food crisis. Unable to deal with the concurrent civil unrest in the north, a coup has ensured now that it’s hands are empty. Is Mali’s democracy ruined forever?

This article was originally drafted by the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Less than one percent of rural communes in Mali have electricity. But in Sirakorola, the administrative centre […]

This article was originally drafted by the African Center for Economic Transformation for the newsletter “West Africa Trends” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Provision of infrastructure is central to efforts to eliminate poverty and reach the path of sustained growth. The […]