Middle East crisis tests African economies [Business Africa]
After a strong 2025, African economies are facing a new threat: the war in the Middle East. The IMF now expects regional growth to slow to 4.3% this year. What’s different this tim...
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After a strong 2025, African economies are facing a new threat: the war in the Middle East. The IMF now expects regional growth to slow to 4.3% this year. What’s different this tim...
[allAfrica] For decades, Africa's place in the global economy was framed through the lens of aid,how much was given, where it went, and whether it made a difference. That narrative...
Africa's economic growth will slow this year to 4.2 percent - down from 4.4 percent last year - the African Development Bank projects in its 2026 economic outlook released on Tues...
Across Africa, economies remain closely tied to the oil market. OPEC and its allies recently announced a production increase of 188,000 barrels per day, though the move remains lar...
Africa has experienced an acceleration of its economic and digital transformations over the last decade. This evolution is driven by strong population growth and rapid urbanisation...
[IPS] Washington DC -- Sub-Saharan Africa's economies entered 2026 with significant momentum. The region had notched its fastest growth rate in 10 years--4.5 percent in 2025--buoye...
The African Development Bank says East African governments should better harness diaspora remittances as growth slows and external shocks put fresh pressure on their economies.
Formalising Africa’s sizable informal sector: how an investment company is turning unreported consumer power into verifiable, high-growth portfolios. While Kenya’s housing faces c...
WASHINGTON DC, April 27 (IPS) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies entered 2026 with significant momentum. The region had notched its fastest growth rate in 10 years—4.5 percent in 20...
Amid declining foreign aid and shifting global alliances, Africa’s investment in 2026 is telling a new story. Recent reporting by The Economist highlights a shift in Africa’s econo...
While Africa possesses significant domestic capital such as in pension funds and insurance reserves, these are often managed by institutions with high risk aversion.
Middle East tensions threaten African economies, raising fuel and food prices and straining debt‑burdened governments.
[New Times] Africa may have achieved political independence, but the continent's biggest remaining challenge is economic liberation, according to the Secretary General of the Afric...
[Daily News] Nairobi -- TANZANIA has urged African countries to harness their abundant natural resources to build a strong and resilient continental economy, while advocating for g...
Security pressures are forcing difficult trade-offs across African economies.
Sub-Saharan African economies have demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of repeated global shocks, according to Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department a...
This increases the cost of intra-Africa trade, which is still grappling with other barriers.
Africa has become one of the global creative economy’s most dynamic environments for growth. However, there is an economic gap between the value of what creators create and their i...
[allAfrica] A quiet but consequential shift is underway in Africa's economic order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), long defined by paradox vast wealth amid deep povert...
African economies continue to suffer heavy losses from floods, droughts and other disasters because most risks across the continent remain uninsured.
The latest World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund paints a sobering picture for Sub-Saharan Africa, as escalating conflict in the Middle East threatens to dera...
[Daily News] Tangier -- FINANCE Minister Ambassador Khamis Mussa Omar has urged African countries to adopt a unified approach to building resilient and self-reliant economies amid...
[allAfrica] Africa's long-articulated dream of integration is slowly edging from rhetoric toward reality--but not fast enough. At the heart of this ambition lies the African Contin...
Yaounde, 27 March 2026 (ECA) - As the global transition to clean energy accelerates, Africa is emerging as a pivotal player in the evolving landscape of decarbonization. While the...
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