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Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
Senior Researcher, The Brenthurst Foundation
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo was previously our Machel-Mandela Fellow and now works at the Brenthurst Foundation as a researcher. She is a recent MSc Development Management graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and an alumni of the Programme for African Leadership (PfAL) at LSE. Prior to the Foundation, Marie-Noelle worked across a broad spectrum of roles at organizations such as The Advisory Board Company in Washington D.C, WaterAid UK, Diamond6 Leadership & Strategy and PrimeStrategy Ghana. She has spoken at, and organized, convenings on growth, poverty and inequality, such as the flagship LSE Africa Summit. Prior to this, she graduated from Dickinson College, Pa, USA with an undergraduate degree in International Business & Management (Departmental Honors) and a minor in Economics. She is a proud member of Sigma Beta Delta, and Phi Beta Kappa - the oldest and most prestigious academic honour society in the United States.
Content by Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
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Africa’s Political and Governance Systems are Facing a Legitimacy Crisis – Public Engagement is Essential
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
21 Jul 2023
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Ghana’s Path to Prosperity Lies in Overcoming Governance Challenges
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
28 Jun 2023
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Reducing Cross-Border Trade Costs will Increase Africa’s Competitiveness and Revamp Growth
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
4 Apr 2023
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Africa’s Only Hope is an Entrepreneurial Revolution
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
18 Jan 2023
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Ghana Needs Truthful and Accountable Leadership to Save its Economy
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
28 Nov 2022
VIDEOS
Brothers in Freedom - Bobi Wine and Sofia Grabovetska with String Mockingbird
Bobi Wine, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Richard Harper, Robin Auld, Zitto Kabwe
9 Nov 2022
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Where to Next?: Inside Lesotho's 2022 Election
Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Ray Hartley, Richard Morrow
25 Oct 2022
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Alone But Altogether - Bobi Wine and Sofia Grabovetska with String Mockingbird
Bobi Wine, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Richard Harper, Robin Auld, Zitto Kabwe
28 Sep 2022
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Voter Apathy — Especially Among the Young — Threatens Democracy in Africa
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
15 Sep 2022
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Lessons from Kenya's Knife-Edge Presidential Election
Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Ray Hartley
6 Sep 2022
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Kenyan Election: Will Democracy Triumph?
Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
2 Aug 2022
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What it takes to Build a State: Lessons from Somaliland
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
12 Jul 2022
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Somaliland: How to Get onto the Right Side of History
Bobi Wine, Greg Mills, John Steenhuisen, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Ray Hartley, Richard Harper, Richard Morrow, Tendai Biti
29 Jun 2022
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The Case for a New and Better Social Compact for Africa in the Quest for Growth
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
25 May 2022
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No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe: A Study of Migrant Experiences With COVID-19 in South Africa
Alexandra Willis, Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere, Gugu Resha, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Richard Morrow
18 May 2022
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Youth Unemployment is Africa's Biggest Crisis and Puts the Continent at Risk of Becoming Home to Centres of Chaos
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
23 Feb 2022
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Africa Needs to Start-Up its Future if Poverty is to be Beaten
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
27 Dec 2021
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Africa is a Mineral Treasure Chest That Could be a Huge Boost for Development — if State Predators Are Kept at Bay
Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
22 Oct 2021
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Government Should Change its Approach to Service Delivery
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
14 Oct 2021
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Killing Africa's Poor Governance with Kindness
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
13 Oct 2021
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Zanzibar's Bright Future as a Blue Economy Destination
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Richard Morrow
16 Aug 2021
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Planning is Easy, Implementation is the Real Skill
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
28 May 2021
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Africa needs to ramp up education to meet the changing world of work
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
16 Apr 2021
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Understanding and Building Resilience of Health Systems in Africa: COVID-19 and Beyond
Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
14 Apr 2021
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The Brenthurst Foundation Podcast
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
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Africa's dearth of statistics a major impediment to policymaking
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Natalya Oberst
20 Jan 2021
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Ghana's election: A play for change or continuity
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
5 Dec 2020
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A Aspiração Asiática
Bobi Wine, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Hailemariam Desalegn, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ray Hartley
14 Oct 2020
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L'aspiration asiatique
Bobi Wine, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Hailemariam Desalegn, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ray Hartley
14 Oct 2020
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The Asian Aspiration Documentary
Bobi Wine, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Greg Mills, Hailemariam Desalegn, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ray Hartley
12 Oct 2020
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If Africa masters the rules of artificial and data intelligence, it can solve some of its biggest issues
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
12 Oct 2020
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Kingdom of Lesotho must seize textile manufacturing crown
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
22 Sep 2020
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Ghana's Great Agricultural Opportunity
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
7 Aug 2020
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Lesotho under its new prime minister: Time to think out of the box?
Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
22 May 2020
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After the virus: What are Africa's chances of recovery?
Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Ray Hartley
30 Apr 2020
PUBLICATIONS
How to Turn Crisis into Opportunity: After COVID-19 — Choices for a Better South African Future
Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Ray Hartley
23 Apr 2020
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Changing the incentives of Ghana's political institutions: A lesson from NPP about winning elections
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
6 Apr 2020
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Leadership in a time of crisis: lessons for the AfCFTA
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
4 Apr 2020
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How much could Coronavirus cost the SA economy? A preliminary estimate
Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Ray Hartley
30 Mar 2020
AUDIO
The Asian Aspiration Book Podcast
Emily van der Merwe, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
VIDEOS
The Future of African Cities - Crucibles of Change
Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Nchimunya Hamukoma, Ray Hartley
30 Jan 2020
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Move quickly or be damned: The imperative of African competitiveness
Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
20 Jan 2020
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Beyond business as usual: Addressing Ghana's unemployment woes
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
11 Dec 2019
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Lesotho at the crossroads: New engines are needed to drive growth
Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
26 Nov 2019
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We don't have to do it alone: Lessons from Asia for Ghana
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
26 Nov 2019
PUBLICATIONS
Somaliland - New Ways Of Doing Things In A Tough Neighbourhood
Greg Mills, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo, Ray Hartley
10 Sep 2019
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Taking an Uber on water could be the answer to the traffic chaos that gridlocks Lagos
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
9 Sep 2019
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Ramaphosa's choice for the declining ANC
Emily van der Merwe, Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
20 May 2019