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‘Africa should focus on what works’, says ACBF Executive Secretary

Nairobi, Kenya
08 May, 2015

Africa should focus on identifying its existing capacities and strengths and build up on them to translate Africa’s economic growth to poverty reduction instead of adopting a deficit-based approach of focusing on what is wrong, said the Africa Capacity Building Foundation’s (ACBF) Executive Secretary, Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, at the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) Public Policy Forum held on Thursday afternoon in Nairobi, Kenya.

According to Prof. Nnadozie, the impressive work done in improving capacities of African countries for sound macroeconomic policies has acted as a driver of economic growth in Africa. The areas Africa should focus on are: building on its success in economic growth, improved quality of the leadership, prioritizing investment to critical sectors that can enhance productive employment, skill development and regional integration. 

He also pointed out that Africa should put more emphasis and effort in the effective use of its existing resources.

The ACBF participation in the Conference brought capacity dimension to the theme, highlighting the importance of building capacities for the formulation and implementation of economic policies as well as the need for improved quality of leadership towards poverty reduction.

The High-Level forum’s theme was “Unlocking Africa’s Growth for Productive Employment and Poverty Reduction” and formed part of the 12th Annual Conference of PEP.

Researchers from different countries presented and discussed research results from ongoing PEP-supported projects and presented new research proposals under PEP research and capacity building initiative for Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment (PAGE).

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Thomas Kwesi Quartey

ACBF has been granted the status of a specialized agency because of the potential to transform Africa through capacity development.


H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson, AU Commission
Erastus Mwencha

The recognition of ACBF as the African Union’s Specialized Agency for Capacity Development launches the beginning of a new era for capacity building by ACBF, which will require an appropriate level of political commitment and financial support from all stakeholders.


H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Chair, ACBF Executive Board
Lamin Momodou

The remarkable achievements ACBF has registered over the past 26 years is not by accident in our opinion. They have come through hard work, dedication, commitment, purposeful leadership, support from the member countries as well as productive partnership building.


Mr. Lamin Momodou MANNEH, Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa
Goodall Gondwe

Africa needs ACBF as much, probably more now, than at the time it was created in 1991.


Hon. Goodall Gondwe, former Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance – Malawi
Ken Ofori Atta

Ghana’s partnership with ACBF is a tremendous blessing for us and therefore the opportunity for Ghana to host the 26th ACBF Board of Governors Meeting is something that we treasure.


Hon Ken Ofori Atta, Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance - Ghana
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