edItOrIal to ensure that green infrastructure is developed and is accessible to firms and citizens. Fourth, and most importantly, Africa's industrialisation will also depend on the solid growth of African private companies. New industrialisation strategies should therefore leverage Africa's booming entrepreneurs.The entrepreneurial culture is vibrant with about 80% of Africans viewing entrepreneurship as a good career opportunity. The continent has the highest share in the world of adults starting or running new businesses, but often in sectors where productivity remains low. New industrialisation strategies should focus on leveraging this dynamism and targeting the continent's fast-growing private enterprises which have potential to create quality jobs.To unlock this huge potential and different sources of growth, global co-operation is needed more than ever. The African Economic Outlookproduced by the African Development Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations Development Programmeaims to promote up-to-date evidence and analytics to support Africa's decision makers.