Some special news: our founder, Loïc De Cannière, has just published a new book,
The Future of Employment in Africa: Demography, Labour Markets and Welfare, released by Anthem Press.
This book is deeply personal to Loïc. Drawing on his decades of work across the African continent as an economist and impact investor with Incofin, he brings together practical insights and stories from the field to highlight one of the most urgent challenges of our time: how to create meaningful, sustainable employment for the millions of young Africans entering the job market each year.
“This is an uplifting book. Africa urgently needs jobs for its youth. Loïc De Cannière shows how finance for small-scale enterprises can transform the opportunities for millions of young Africans. His examples of success are a model not only for other private investors keen to have socially purposive impact on young lives, but for refocusing the Africa policy of the European Commission. At a time of international stress and despair, this practical message of hopeful action will be widely welcomed.”
— Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Oxford University
Loïc is ecstatic to have received this endorsement from Paul Collier—a global thought leader in development economics and someone whose work has long inspired our own.
This latest milestone follows naturally from the recent leadership transition at Incofin. While Loïc may have passed the torch, his commitment to inclusive growth in Africa continues to shine through—this time, from the pages of a book.