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Why Growth Isn’t the Same as Development?
While economic growth is important for poverty eradication in Africa, the traditional focus on GDP tells only half the story: how much is produced, not who benefits. We explore why it’s time to shift from measuring output to building well-being and sustainability.
Unlearning Development: 7 Ideas That Do More Harm Than Good
From foreign aid fixes to trickle-down dreams, we unpack the false beliefs keeping Africa from defining its own path.
Debt, Development, and Dependency: Africa’s Test at FfD4
As the world gathers for the 2025 Financing for Development Summit, Africa faces a critical moment: will global reforms address the root causes of inequality and dependency or deepen them?
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The Birth of PCAD
PCAD was born from lived experience. Its founder, who survived Kenya’s 2007 post-election violence and later worked within the development sector, witnessed firsthand how colonial legacies and externally driven models perpetuate Africa’s structural challenges. Frustrated by superficial, disconnected solutions, he founded PCAD as a space to connect the dots between history and the present, between local realities and global systems, and to champion African-led, structural transformation rooted in agency and self-determination.

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