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Developing programs with youth in Senegal
In Senegal, 21% of the population is between ages 15 and 24, a figure that is expected to increase nearly 25% by 2020. Within this population, school dropout rates are high, and one in five young people are unemployed. According … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Dakar, International Youth Foundation, Senegal, survey, USAID, youth
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Impact investing in West Africa
According to a recent report by JP Morgan and the Rockefeller Foundation, impact investments, or investments made to generate both positive financial and social returns, have grown significantly enough to constitute a new alternative asset class. In order to better … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusive Growth
Tagged Africa, Dakar, Ghana, impact investing, Nigeria, publications, Rockefeller Foundation, Senegal, West Africa
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New ways to electrify Sub-Saharan Africa
Across the globe, 1.6 billion people live without electricity. More than a third of them live in Africa, where Dalberg joined the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation to increase access to electricity through the Lighting Africa initiative. According … Continue reading
