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Business Action for Africa advocates for the policies needed to drive growth and wealth creation in Africa, and to facilitate business engagement in tackling development issues.
Business has a critical role to play in accelerating growth and wealth creation in Africa. We believe that the greatest contribution business can make is by doing good business: generating jobs and economic opportunities, innovative goods and services, and the tax revenues needed to fund public services. Businesses are increasingly innovating around commercially viable business models that bring enhanced development impacts.
Governments, donors and civil society organisations are important partners in building an enabling environment for businesses of all sizes, and ensuring poor people are able to access the economic opportunities that are generated.
Activities
Joint Business Statement on Accelerating Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals through Inclusive Business
On 21 September 2010, to coincide with the UN MDG Summit, a number of the world's leading business networks and initiatives, including Business Action for Africa, came together to rally business energy and expertise around inclusive business models. These are business models that involve poor people as consumers, employees, suppliers or distributors, and offer a powerful and sustainable way to fight poverty.
Following the event, the event organisers issued a joint statement arguing that “If new market-based solutions – including inclusive business opportunities – are to be scaled, it requires the support of governments and a sound enabling framework”.
