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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
MDGs at the Mid-Point: Accelerating Business-Led Growth and Collective Action
In 2008, halfway to the deadline for meeting the internationally-agreed Millennium Development Goals, Business Action for Africa invited a wide selection of leading thinkers to share their views on the evolving discussion about the role of business.
The result is an insightful and thought-provoking assessment of the private sector’s role in accelerating progress towards the MDGs in Africa and the key priorities moving forward.
