The European Union and Africa have committed to an equal partnership to enable them to achieve the UN SDGs. Knowledge partnerships with the private and educational sectors are integral to this commitment and should be extended further. Institutions like INSEAD have the expertise to enhance the impact that well-chosen policies, strengthened institutional capacities, and more effective governance, will have on the challenges to economic and social growth and stability. Multi-lateral and multi-sectoral collaboration that build on past successes and correct areas of under-performance, notably in the organization of domestic and international financing resources and the regulation of trade relations, urgently need to be addressed.
