IMF Rates-Down Global Growth Forecast as Middle East Conflict Drives Energy Shock and Economic Uncertainty
The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its global growth forecast for 2026 to 3.1%, down from 3.3% projected just three...
Economy
Somalia’s Fragile Currency System and the Tussle to Sustain Daily Trade with Stitched-Banknotes
More than three decades after civil war dismantled Somalia’s central institutions, the country continues to operate under one of the...
Mozambique’s Industrialization as Counter-Measure Against Extremism in War-Torn Cabo Delgado Province
In the gas-rich but conflict-scarred province of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, the government and its international partners are attempting a...
Africa’s Public Finances in Crisis, Governments Misplacement and Citizens Shoulder the Burden
As Africa entered 2026, the continent started facing an expanding public finance crisis that is reshaping daily life from household...
Mega Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Project Enters Operational Phase with Launch of Governing Board
Stretching 1,028 kilometres, the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway is envisioned as a transformative regional infrastructure linking five West African economies and...
Ghana’s Railway Master Plan Promises Economic Reconnection to Major Cities
From cocoa farms in the hinterland to crowded urban markets, Ghana’s economy still moves largely on roads built for a...
IMF: Nigeria Emerges as One of the First Six Key Drivers of Global Growth in 2026
Nigeria is set to play an outsized role in the global economy in 2026, ranking sixth among the world’s largest...
Ethiopia Faces Uncertainty as Governor Mamo Mihretu Stepped Down, Leaving Ethiopia’s Reform Efforts in Limbo
From Addis Ababa: when Mamo Mihretu took the helm of Ethiopia’s central bank in early 2023, he was cast as...
Africa in Focus, with Growth, Deals, Structural development in motion and Struggles across a Transforming Continent
From Nigeria’s rising purchasing managers’ index to Rwanda’s bold leap into autonomous air taxis, Africa’s economies are walking a delicate...
Africa Becomes China’s Trade Lifeline as US Tariffs Reshape Global Flows
When the United States, under Donald Trump, imposed sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018, Beijing was forced to rethink...
