AERC Insight_Issue 09_October 2024

We are enthusiastic to share with you some exciting updates and news from the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). We are back with another edition themed Strengthening Partnerships: Collaborating for Sustainable Development in Africa, packed with all the latest news and insights. In this issue, we share a lot of material including the forthcoming and past AERC Biannual Research Works; the latter on Youth Demographic Dividend, Migration, and Economic Opportunities in African Economies was key in tackling the complex and challenging issues relating to education and job creation for the youth, women and the most vulnerable. This was also an opportunity for AERC to reaffirm its commitment to providing evidence-based research for uptake into policy to reduce the huge unemployment gap across the continent. We have been busy re-establishing strong connections and raising the institutions profile across international DFIs, policymakers, the private sector and global development partners. This new visibility and strategic relationship drive includes AERCs courtesy call to the Governor, Central Bank of Kenya and also a call on the Kenya Bankers Association; participation in the 2024 African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings and the Annual General Meetings of the Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Bank (TDB) amongst other events as you will see in this edition. Embarking on a new creative and impactful journey like this is never easy. Our latest newsletter will bring you face-to-face with a depiction of a bestselling periodical, while also immersing you into the vital gender mainstreaming agenda at AERC. You will all receive this publication once every quarter as you discover the magic and impact that the AERC achievements bring to the life of citizens across the continent, as the organization marks its thirty-sixth anniversary. In these over three decades of accomplishments, AERC has built a solid core of highly credible research that has enhanced the professional stature of our network both locally and internationally as we focused our attention on issues critical to Africas development.