
Robbie Tilleard
Senior Advisor and Lead for Organisational Behaviour, Employment and Labour Markets
Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face a number of constraints to growth. Studies highlight the difficulty of accessing credit, fragmented markets, poor management practices, lack of infrastructure and an uncertain regulatory environment. Addressing barriers such as these could contribute to growth, productivity and job creation across SSA.
CDC Group plc (CDC) runs The Africa List (TAL) to improve leadership and management skills within companies in African growth markets. TAL is a community of leading executives, and those next in line for the executive suite, selected by invite only from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania.
In January 2019, CDC asked The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) to:
In this report, we present our findings from the evidence review and develop a set of tools to evaluate programmes like TAL. These findings are based on a rapid literature review, exploration of existing programmes and interviews with experts.
Senior Advisor and Lead for Organisational Behaviour, Employment and Labour Markets
Senior Advisor
Research Fellow
The Africa List, CDC
Evaluations, CDC