The continent is attracting growing volumes of new money but they fall far short of its latest energy and development targets
Rwanda | Congo-Kinshasa | Economy | Africa | Big Tech’s ethical mining rules thrown into chaos
A row over a scheme to outlaw minerals produced by companies using child labour or financing wars in Central Africa will hit global supply chains
Economy | Africa | Interest rate pressures mount across region
Six African central banks hiked rates in September responding to faltering currencies and rising food and fuel prices
Economy | Africa | Looking for funds as war disrupts trade
Food and fuel prices are undermining the region’s slow recovery from the pandemic, but commercial investment in farms and fin-tech is growing
Economy | Africa | Pandemic hit to growth and trade fuels instability
Recoveries in Africa and South Asia are lagging behind industrial economies in what the IMF calls a dangerous divergence
Economy | Africa | A slow road to recovery
The region’s economies on average will lose over 5% of output by 2024 relative to pre-pandemic trends, according to the IMF
Economy | Africa | Forecasts fail to lift the gloom
Growth predictions have risen, but Covid-19 will have a devastating impact on Africa's economy, health and education
Economy | Africa | Governments face a multi-speed rebound
Hit by capital flight and an investment drought, the continent's more diversified economies will bounce back faster from the pandemic
Economy | Africa | Pandemics stunt your growth
Africa may have dodged a bullet on the Covid-19 health front but most of the economies are in intensive care
Economy | Africa | Doubts over post-slump bounce
Financial institutions share a baleful view of the pandemic’s damage to Africa’s economies, some doubling their estimates for lost growth
Economy | Africa | Revenues and resources are the key
Governments will have to raise far more revenue and staunch capital flight if they are to boost growth and investment this year
Economy | Africa | Up against the slowdown
As growth ebbs in 90% of the world’s economies, Africa is trying to swim against the tide
Economy | Africa | Slowing down but borrowing more
International financial institutions are downgrading their growth prospects for the continent
Economy | Africa | Glitches in the growth
A pan-African market will boost the region but governments are lagging behind on policies to create jobs and diversify the economies
Economy | Africa | Struggling to keep pace
The high priests of world finance say African economies are falling short of the growth needed to keep up with surging populations
Economy | Africa | Sounding the alarms on debt
Governments see hopeful growth prospects at risk as lenders impose new strictures and borrowing costs rise
Economy | Africa | Two steps forward…
Earnings may increase but sluggish growth looms for the continent's big players and the danger of a debt crunch is increasing
Economy | Africa | Afro optimism loses momentum
With some exceptions in Ghana and East Africa, economies are not keeping pace with population growth
Economy | Africa | The great growth divide
With its biggest economies in the doldrums, the continent's fortunes will improve only slowly, say international financial institutions
Economy | Africa | Global shocks, local differences
Smaller countries outpace giants such as Nigeria and South Africa but progress on regional integration and industrialisation is lacking
Economy | Africa | After the ‘rising’ – now reform and realism
The new year started with a host of commodity price crashes, runs on currencies and warnings about mounting debts
Economy | Africa | Currency crunch
It will take more than devaluation to shield economies from tougher market conditions and political risks
Economy | Africa | A year of decisions after a decade of growth
As China slows down and the US dollar strengthens, will African governments try to diversify and industrialise their economies?
Economy | Africa | Making the best of the boom
The challenge this year is to convert a decade of faster growth into jobs and higher living standards as political tensions rise in the biggest economies