Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery from a decade of global shocks is showing signs of stalling, with growth projections for 2026 revised downward by 0.3 percentage points from estimates previously published in October 2025, according to the latest edition of the Africa Economic Update, the World Bank Group’s biannual economic report for the region
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Sub-Saharan Africa growth reset to unlock the private sector’s potential – IMF The latest outlook from the International Monetary Fund suggests Sub-Saharan Africa’s recovery is becoming more fragile. While growth remains relatively resilient, the Fund has trimmed its 2026 growth forecast to 4.3 per cent as a new external shock, tighter global financial conditions, and…
The Africa Pulse report, released on Tuesday, October 7, projects regional growth to reach 3.8% in 2025, up from an earlier forecast of 3.5%
Economic growth across the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economies is forecast to slow to 4.7 per cent in 2026 from 5.2 per cent in 2025, before increasing slightly to 4.8 per cent in 2027, according to the Bank’s latest Regional Economic Prospects (REP) report. The slowdown reflects higher energy…
