The Agency of African Girls and Women
Africa is being described as a new economic frontier, according to recent reports from McKinsey Global Institute and the Africa Progress Panel. The former assesses opportunities for business investment in Africa’s future growth trajectory, while the latter highlights social and developmental issues that need to be addressed to fuel progress. Both reports converge on a central question—what will sustain such growth? The African Progress Panel underscores one driver often missed by economists, governments, and policy makers: the central role of women in the economy.
In spite of shouldering a disproportionate burden of the continent’s poverty and facing barriers to education, financial services, resources and property rights... (continue reading blog post)
