Accelerating achievement for Africa’s adolescents - an innovative initiative

Figures & data

Figure 1. Locations in which the Accelerate Hub has operated within Africa.

Table 1. Emerging accelerator evidence relating to Sustainable Development Goals.

Country and Author	Protective factor (Accelerator)	Related SDG
Zambia: (Chipanta et al., 2022)	Social cash transfers, access to mobile phones, and life-long learning.	SDGs: 1, 3, 4, 10
South Africa: (Cluver et al., 2019)	Cash transfers, parenting support, safe schools, and free school meals	SDGs: 3, 4, 5
South Africa: (Cluver et al., 2020)	Parental monitoring and supervision, positive parenting, and food security at home	SDGs: 5, 16
South Africa: (Cluver et al., 2022)	Food security	SDGs: 3, 4, 5
South Africa: (Chipanta et al., 2022)	Social and emotional support, parental support, food security, and accessible health care	SDGs: 3, 16
South Africa: (Mebrahtu, Skeen, Rudgard, Du Toit, Haag, Roberts, Gordon, Orkin, Cluver, Tomlinson, Sherr et al., 2022)	Food security and safe community	SDG: 3
South Africa: (Haag et al., 2022)	Food security, safe community, access to community-based organisations, and caregiver praise and monitoring	SDGs: 3, 4, 5, 16
Malawi and South Africa: (Mebrahtu, Skeen, Rudgard, Du Toit, Haag, Roberts, Gordon, Orkin, Cluver, Tomlinson, Sherr et al., 2022)	Food security, cash grants, and safe communities	SDGs: 2, 3, 4
Ethiopia: (Rudgard, Dzumbunu, Yates, Toska, Stöckl et al., 2022)	Sexual and reproductive health and rights education	SDGs: 3, 4, 5, 8
Ghana: (Kusi-Mensah, et al, 2022)	Basic economic security, low student-teacher ratio, and cognitive stimulation	SDGs: 3, 4, 6, 9

Figure 2. A visual example of the accelerator concept.

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