How to change our mindset about change for Africa

So, have the stars finally aligned for Africa?

The challenges are understood. The 17 sustainable development goals have been set. And each African signatory to those SDGs has assessed what it will take for those countries to meet the goals that they have set for themselves.

The fact of the matter is that Africa’s success faces two distinct headwinds:

• A funding gap of approximately $420 billion for sub-Saharan Africa alone to achieve those SDG targets¹
• A mindset about ‘change’ that remains relatively unchanged: “Like in decades past, key stakeholders continue to work in silos, duplicating interventions with little co-ordination”²

References:

1-2 Foresight Africa, Top priorities for the continent 2020-2030, Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings p. 13