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Yemi Kale Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics in Nigeria Morten Jerven Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University Panelists…

AS MOST of Africa begins to prosper, the continent’s biggest economy is faltering. Figures released on May 28th showed that GDP in South Africa…

The World Bank cut South Africa’s economic growth forecast for this year to 2% as an ongoing strike that’s shut the nation’s platinum mines disrupts…

One half of the African continent lives below the poverty line. In sub-Saharan Africa, per capita GDP is now less than it was in 1974, having…

South Africa Table of Contents Gross Domestic Product Historically, mining and agriculture contributed the most to national output. With government…

Traditional Economy is a system where the allocation of available resources is made on the basis of inheritance. As a deep-rooted economic theory…

South African economist Xhanti Payi talks about why both government and business need a shift in thinking to address the country s economic quagmire…

– Sub-Saharan Africa economies continue to implement reforms to improve the business climate for domestic entrepreneurs, with members of the…

Despite growth averaging more than 5% a year since the turn of the century, sub-Saharan Africa’s economies remain largely noncompetitive: only…

Image copyright Getty Images 2015 was a tough year for African economies. But many of the problems of 2015 could get worse this year, from lack…

But what may come as a shock to most laypeople is less surprising to some experts. The director of the Standard Chartered Bank s Africa department…

The latest version of South Africa s Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) is grounded in the imperative of smart re-industrialisation , with…

For those looking for a sunny economic outlook, it might be worth a trip to North Africa. Economic growth in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia could…

Image caption The mobile phone industry is now massive in Nigeria - 25 years ago, it did not exist Nigeria has rebased its gross domestic product…

There are unprecedented monetary policy actions currently being undertaken by several advanced economy central banks. These actions are indirectly…