| 4IR | Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| ACBF | African Capacity Building Foundation |
| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Area |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| AU | African Union |
| AUC | African Union Commission |
| AUDA-NEPAD | African Union Development Agency |
| CEMAC | Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa |
| COMESA | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DAT | Disruptive agricultural technology |
| DE4A | Digital Economy for Africa |
| EAC | East African Community |
| ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EU | European Union |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| Fintech | Financial technology |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GDPR | General data protection regulation |
| GIZ | Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Cooperation) |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GSMA | Global System for Mobile Communications Association |
| GVC | Global value chain |
| H2M | Human-to-machine |
| HIPC | Heavily indebted poor countries |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IoT | Internet of things |
| IP | Intellectual property |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| IT | Information technology |
| IXP | Internet exchange point |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| M2M | Machine-to-machine |
| MSME | Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| P2P | Person-to-person |
| PIDA | Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa |
| PPP | Public-private partnership |
| PRIDA | Policy and Regulatory Initiative for Digital Africa |
| REC | Regional Economic Community |
| SACU | Southern African Customs Union |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SEZ | Special economic zone |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| STI | Science, technology and innovation |
| SWAC | Sahel and West Africa Club |
| Telco | Telecommunication company |
| TVET | Technical and vocational education and training |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| VAT | Value-added tax |
| VC | Venture capital |
| WAEMU | West African Economic and Monetary Union |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021
Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs
