Iran war sends shockwaves through African fuel market and economies

Surging oil prices triggered by the war with Iran are rippling across African economies, threatening higher fuel costs, ...
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Sub‑Saharan African economies among world’s fastest‑improving in global connectedness

Global connectedness stood at 25% in 2025, matching the record high first reached in 2022; Namibia ranks among the top three countries globally for long‑term increases in connec ...
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Breast Cancer Cost Seven African Economies Over $10 Billion in Lost Productivity, New Analysis Shows

Nearly 90% of these losses came from women in their prime working years. The research also showed how every dollar invested in innovative cancer treatments can generate up to USD12.40 in economic ...
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Akufo-Addo’s bold proposal for African economic autonomy

As Africa seeks economic unity and growth, President Akufo-Addo presented the leaders at the African Union Summit, which took place in Ethiopia last week, with a radical proposal for economic ...
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UN says the adoption of “frontier technologies” like AI is crucial to Africa’s future economic progress

The United Nations previewed its Economic Report on Africa 2026 this Monday. The report, headed by the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), argues that widespread technological adoption and ...

South Africa's economy grows 0.4% q/q in fourth quarter

PRETORIA, March 10 (Reuters) - South Africa's economy grew 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025 in quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted terms, statistics agency data showed on Tuesday. * That was ...
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South African Economic Growth Could Triple This Year, Absa Says

South Africa looks set for much better growth in 2025 thanks to increased spending and investment, according to analysts at Absa Group Ltd., though a cooling of relations with the US may dim the ...
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Africa Needs 1 Billion Jobs by the End of the Century. Where Will It Find Them?

Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the ...
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What can Africa learn from Morocco’s thriving economic zones?

Morocco’s Tanger Med, Africa’s largest and most developed industrial port complex, has been for years playing the “role of the locomotive” for the development of African special economic zones (SEZs), ...
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Biden’s Economic Strategy toward Africa: Room for Better Market Access?

On August 9, 2022, as the U.S. secretary of state Anthony Blinken was touring sub-Saharan Africa strengthening diplomatic ties, the Biden administration released its new U.S. Strategy Toward ...

How the Middle East conflict is driving up oil prices and threatening South Africa's economy

South Africa’s growth outlook faces fresh uncertainty as the Middle East conflict pushes oil above $100 a barrel, raising inflation risks, weakening the rand and reducing the likelihood of an interest ...