After a strong 2025, sub-Saharan Africa’s stabilization gains face fresh threats from Middle East conflict, rising commodity prices, and retreating foreign aid.
A look at what the composition of external financial flows really tells us about growth, resilience, and where to position early.
The latest wave of bullish commentary about the continent recycles familiar blind spots. A decade after "Africa Rising" faded, the real prerequisites for transformation remain stubbornly...
By Ajay Wasserman The debt markets are sending a clear message – and this time, African economies are listening carefully. The bond market is speaking. For...
By Des H Rikhotso A bold infrastructure push promises to compress travel times, unlock regional trade, and redefine what connectivity means for a continent long underserved...
By Ronald Sanders When migration routes close, nations confront an uncomfortable truth: their real immigration policy isn’t written in visa regulations – it’s embedded in how...
By Gregory September Regional cooperation just got real. Landlocked Mali can now reach the Atlantic. For landlocked nations, geography is often destiny. Mali, nestled deep in...
By Danilo Desiderio Africa’s demographic surge presents both an extraordinary opportunity and a formidable challenge. By 2050, the continent’s least developed countries will need to absorb...
By Dishant Shah In 1950, fewer than 15 percent of Africans lived in cities. Today, that figure exceeds 40 percent. By 2050, more than 1.4 billion...
By Daki Nkanyane There is a moment in the life of every society when progress accelerates faster than understanding. It is a moment filled with movement,...
By Michele Moscaritoli For decades, Africa occupied a singular role in the global imagination: the perpetual recipient. Aid packages, charitable donations, development programs – always framed...
By Apollo Buregyeya True economic development demands competence over charisma, and infrastructure over influence. Politicians don’t build nations – they often break them. Captains of industry...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa is home to 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, with countries like Niger, Senegal and Libya leading the charge....
By Davida Ademuyiwa While headlines often spotlight coups, crises, or commodity booms, one West African nation has been quietly crafting a different narrative – one rooted...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly When the world thinks of artificial intelligence (AI), the usual suspects dominate the imagination: Silicon Valley’s tech titans, Shenzhen’s hardware ecosystems, or...
By Davida Ademuyiwa For decades, Nigeria’s oil story read like a cautionary tale of squandered potential. The discovery of crude in Oloibiri in 1956 – by...
By Yannick Lefang In boardrooms and policy forums across Africa, a familiar refrain echoes: “But is this the right kind of data?” On the surface, it...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Africa is the silent engine of the global economy – its soil rich with the very minerals that power electric vehicles, its...
By Godfred Zina After emerging from the ashes of the 2010–11 post-election violence – a crisis that left over 3,000 dead and deepened national fractures –...
By Davida Ademuyiwa History offers a clear and unambiguous lesson: no nation has ever achieved sustained prosperity without first undergoing an industrial transformation. From 18th-century Britain...
By Lailla Mutajogera Contrary to popular belief, Africa’s largest creditor is no longer Beijing – it’s African governments themselves. A recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning...
By Dishant Shah There is a quiet revolution unfolding across Africa – one paved not just with asphalt, but with ambition. At its heart are industrial...
By Des H Rikhotso After seven years of strategic preparation, Ethiopia is officially set to begin trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) marking...
By Danilo Desiderio Ethiopia’s reported 8.1 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the 2023/24 fiscal year might seem like a triumph – and on paper,...
By Dishant Shah In the 1970s, Lagos was a modest coastal city of just 1.5 million people. Today, it’s a sprawling metropolis of over 20 million...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Africa spends over US$35 billion annually importing food – much of it crops that could thrive on its own soil. This staggering...
By NJ Ayuk As global debates intensify over the future of fossil fuels, some voices urge Angola to abandon its oil and gas sector in favor...
By Des H Rikhotso East Africa is solidifying its position as one of the most dynamic and resilient economic regions on the African continent, outpacing peers...
By Des H Rikhotso Africa is rapidly becoming a hotspot for global business expansion, home to 10 of the world’s fastest-growing economies. According to 2025–2026 projections,...
By Danilo Desiderio It’s a common narrative in global development discourse: Africa’s vast natural resources are seen as the continent’s golden ticket to economic ascension. After...
By Danilo Desiderio On December 18 2023, the Financial Times published an article that had an international resonance, which argued that Africa cannot grow without increasing...
Angola is set to become the 14th member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Area (FTA), following the successful conclusion of a Trade...
By Chike Ayodele Igwegbe The mass deportation of Africans from the United States is an undeniably complex and emotional issue. Yet, amidst the challenges, it presents...
By Ajay Wasserman Recent policy shifts under Donald Trump’s administration have unveiled a hard truth: Africa remains vulnerable to external political changes. From the reinstatement of...
By Danilo Desiderio A new analysis of economic trends in 2025, published in Africa Confidential, predicts that the continent will experience faster growth this year, with...
By Mary Alorh The global fight against poverty and energy challenges heavily depends on progress within Africa. Currently, approximately 600 million people in Africa lack access...
By MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Joubert Van Eeden In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The Republic of Niger, the largest country in West Africa by land area and the third largest in the Sahel after Chad...
By Danilo Desiderio A paper from the Morocco-based Policy Centre for the New South explores which development model Africa should adopt to enhance its economic growth...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Africa’s abundant natural resources, emerging markets, strategic geographic position, and critical role in global security have turned it into a battleground for...
By Danilo Desiderio Today, approximately 90 percent of global cargo is transported by sea. Over the past 70 years, maritime trade has seen continuous growth, especially...
Bloomberg | Ghana’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in five years in the second quarter, beating economists’ estimates by more than double, after better performances...
By Danilo Desiderio In knowledge-based societies, manufacturing no longer holds the primary role in the economy that it once did. Many economists are now questioning the...
Africa, abundant in natural resources, is often celebrated as the continent of the future. However, realizing its full potential requires a significant transformation in resource utilization....
Reuters | Africa’s economic growth is set to accelerate to 3.7 percent this year and 4.3 percent next from 3.1 percent in 2023, African Development Bank...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted the resilience demonstrated by the Caribbean and Latin America region amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. According...
By Gregory Simpkins In a May 2000 issue with a lead article headlined “Africa: The Hopeless Continent”, The Economist magazine unleashed a flood of discussions about...
By Paul Frimpong Modernization is a universal cause that affects all of humanity. There is no single paradigm or solution to modernization. The nature and rate...
Bloomberg | Africa faces economic headwinds this year, but some of the continent’s brightest sparks are shading it in a more hopeful light. Six of the...
Reuters | Tanzania’s economy is expected to grow by about 5.5 percent in 2024, up from about 5 percent in 2023, but it faces risks from...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The map above depicts the expected growth rates of African states in 2023. Some estimates have adjusted these a bit upward due...
By Micah Lucy Abigaba Uganda entered into agreements in 2012 with two foreign oil entities to exploit its oil resources. Total Energies holds 56.67 percent of...
By Ryan Elcock Nestled in the heart of the Caribbean, St. Kitts & Nevis has emerged as a shining example of economic success in the region....
Bloomberg | There is no place like home for African governments shut out of global debt markets by crises that have made foreign borrowing too expensive....
By Gregory Simpkins The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the decision-making body of the United Nations effort to combat climate change. It has met every...
By Ryan Elcock The Caribbean region has the potential to become a global leader in cannabis production, driving economic growth, attracting investment, and creating new opportunities...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Tuesday predicted that the region’s economies will maintain low levels of growth this year and next...
The Exchange Africa | While global economic growth is projected to average between 2.7 percent and 3.2 percent, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) will...
Bloomberg | Of all the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to be optimistic about, the most promising is Kenya. Economic and political forces are converging to put...
Reuters | Zimbabwe’s economy could grow 6 percent this year, better than a previous forecast for 3.8 percent growth, thanks to a strong performance by agriculture...
Guyana is expected to record the highest growth among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries this year, while Haiti will record under one percent growth in 2023, according...
Unemployment declines to 15.9 percent
A report by the Africa Progress Panel (APP) says that poverty continue to plague the continent even after most countries registered strong economic growth over the past...
Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar Wednesday called on the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to help the region identify new areas of growth at a time when...
South Africa’s Reserve Bank is caught in a dilemma between rising interest rates in a shrinking economy or leaving it on hold for a while, or...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday economic growth in the continent’s most advanced economy would be the focus. Zuma said this as he was...
Citibank, the consumer banking division of financial services multinational Citigroup, says growing insecurity in Kenya has not changed the country’s attractiveness to investors. “Kenya is a...
Zambia needs faster economic growth than its current single-digit annual rate to tackle rampant poverty, the country’s finance minister said. Zambia’s Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said...
Fourteen years of Rwanda rule by Paul Kagame, whose forces ended the 1994 genocide that killed at least 800,000 people, is rewarding bond investors with record low...
Nigeria has helped Africa become the fastest growing payment traffic region in the world for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). SWIFT has recorded...
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Tuesday said Botswana witnessed a faster economic growth in 2013 due to improved mining sector performance. Lamin Leigh, the Head...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the region will grow an average of 2.7 percent in 2014 due to limited dynamism...
The Bahamas government predicting that Eleuthera is “on a course headed for major economic growth” Friday said it would continue to encourage public-private partnerships and significant...
Young Ethiopians are eager to benefit from the economic growth of the last few years. And since the market has so many opportunities, everyone seems to...
Maintaining local ownership of South African companies is the best way to boost economic growth, said Elias Masilela, who heads a fund manager that holds shares...
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Tuesday said that regional countries experienced average economic growth of 1.5 per cent last year as compared with 1.2 per cent...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting economic growth as high as three percent for St Kitts-Nevis in 2014. An IMF mission Friday ended a three-day...
Senegal will seek just over $6 billion in financing at a donor conference this month to kick-start a development plan aimed at doubling economic growth rates...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended a one day meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuesday agreeing to the formation of a Commission on the...
It is a longstanding policy of the United States to grant preferential trade deals to developing countries, in order to promote good relationships and to support...
Jamaica says it is confident the island-nation will start to see economic growth as it implements the multi-million Economic Reform Program with assistance from the International...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Caribbean countries will experience economic growth of just over 1 percent this year – and this even as the Caribbean...
(PRNewswire via COMTEX) – Nassau, Bahamas, March 19, 2013 – While the global economy lurches unpredictably, it seems something rather interesting is happening in The Bahamas....
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out of the...
Africans at Work. PHOTO/Volkswagen South Africa Africa’s recent robust growth is sustainable and the continent can attract even more investors if it plays its cards well,...
(Reuters) – Africa’s growth could rise to 7 percent by the year 2015 – the growth driven by a rush of investors attracted by its drive...
The global downturn could put the brakes on Namibia’s economy, but analysts remain optimistic on the country’s ability to shrug off external shocks given increased consumer...
By Ragnar Gudmundsson In the past, when the global economy weakened, sub-Saharan Africa fared very badly. Not so in recent years. While the global economy spluttered...
(Reuters) -The Finance Minister of Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala revised down the country’s growth forecasts to 6-7 percent on Wednesday, from 7-8 percent previously. “We can do...
The government is using its oil revenues to build new cities and hire more teachers, but hundreds of people are taking to the streets calling for...
