Manager – ACET Business Transform at African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

We have started building our professional LinkedIn page. Follow Company: African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) Location: Ghana State: Jobs in Accra Job type: Full-Time Job category: NGO Jobs in Ghana No views yet Job Description ACET Background The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is an economic policy institute supporting Africa’s long-term growth through transformation. We produce research, offer policy advice, and galvanize action for African countries to develop their economies, reduce poverty, and improve livelihoods for all their people. We are the pre-eminent African organization advancing African solutions to African challenges. Background and Objective ACET, with its vision of transforming Africa’s economy within a generation has worked with governments and other stakeholders to define and support the transformation agenda of the African continent. In a bid to increase the impact of its activities, ACET has designed the “Strategic Partnership for Private Sector Growth’ (SPPSG), which ACET is currently implementing. The project, supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the World Bank, aims to support private sector development and growth in the G20 Compact with Africa countries, starting with Ghana. The project is focused on the manufacturing sector, given the relevance of manufacturing to economic transformation and inclusive growth. However, viable strategic policy decisions and frameworks are needed to ensure that the sector grows and develops in a manner that creates new jobs and higher incomes; encourages skills development, export promotion, and diversification; and enhances productivity, competitiveness, and value addition. To support this agenda, the ACET programme will focus on three work streams;

• Promote the development of Sustainable Export Processing Zones (SEPZ) aligned with the 1R1P policy of the Government of Ghana;

• To support integration of local content SMEs into the global supply and value-chains of large enterprises aligned with the 1D1F policy; and

• Linking the LC-SME and SEPZ programs

Scope of Work

• In driving workstream 1, ACET designed its maiden private sector direct SME support program called the ACET Business Transform (ABT) comprising of accelerating LC-SMEs and incubating new SMEs to be investment ready and also shore up their capabilities produce at high standards and be able to integrate into global value chains. The ACET Business Transform is currently running in Ghana with the first cohort of companies undergoing technical assistance.

• SMEs within the first cohort have undergone a comprehensive diagnosis of their operations and a report covering the findings and recommendations have been produced. In addition, the SMEs have gone into a strategy session to agree on key priority interventions to resolve most of the issues and also to drive the ...