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Africa Has the Potential to Become a Global Trade Powerhouse, UN Report Says
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), launched in 2018, covers a market of 1.3 billion people with a combined GDP of $3.4 trillion. It could boost intra-African trade by 53%, lift 50 ...
Simon Calder: How my Emirates business class experience compared to economy
Emirates is 40 years old this year. Since beginning in 1985 with two planes borrowed from Pakistan International Airlines, ...
Inter Press Service7d
Benin: An African Pioneer
Benin faced a number of negative spillovers in 2022: a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern border, the ...
Africa takes GDP recalculation campaign to G20, but scepticism abounds
African countries plan a fresh push at international summits this year for standard measures of economic strength such as GDP ...
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Davos 2025: Africa at the crossroads of circularity and singularity
Africa, with its youthful population and vast potential, faces a pivotal moment at Davos 2025 as it balances its unique development realities with global priorities. As world leaders convene in Geneva ...
Wall Street Journal19d
Where Economists Think the Trump Economy Is Headed
WSJ’s latest survey shows that forecasters expect higher inflation than they did in October—but also higher GDP growth Each pair of dots is an economist’s prediction in the latest survey and ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper19d
Nigeria, Global Leaders Target $29trn African Economy By 2050
with a target to boost Africa’s economy to $29 trillion by 2050. He restated Nigeria’s readiness to spearhead the AfCFTA and take advantage of the market potential of the sector for digital ...
Moneyweb21d
300 days of power: Eskom’s recovery sparks hope for economy
South Africa has gone 300 days without load shedding ... The relative absence of load shedding is positive for the economy, which should register a growth of 1.5 to 2% in 2025, up from less ...
Cfr.org21d
Somaliland: The Horn of Africa’s Breakaway State
Others fear that international recognition would encourage other secessionist movements in Africa. In recent years ... democracies in the region. A weak economy and limited opportunities for ...
The Africa Report21d
Will Nigeria’s GDP rebasing show economic revival or expose political showmanship?
With Nigeria’s GDP falling to an estimated $195bn – now trailing behind Algeria, South Africa and Egypt due to a 70% currency devaluation as the continent’s fourth-largest economy – the government is ...
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Trump promises to disrupt immigration. These charts show how that could shake up the US economy.
Deportation at scale could have significant effects on the US economy and labor market ... Musk's stance on expanding the program. (The South African-born Musk, who became a US citizen in ...
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Nigeria to rebase GDP and inflation data by month-end, stats office says
The rebasing in 2014 positioned Nigeria as Africa's largest economy. President Bola Tinubu embarked on Nigeria's boldest reforms after he took office in 2023 by scrapping a decades-old petrol ...