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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DRC set to overtake Ethiopia as Sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest economy: IMF DRC set to overtake Ethiopia as Sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest economy: IMF A view in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Photo: Xinhua/Han Xu)
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the world economy, accounting for most businesses across nearly every region. In the developing world, SMEs make up90 percentof the private sector and create more than50 percentof jobs in their corresponding economies. In Africa, SMEs provide an estimated80 percentof jobs across the continent, representing an important…
Workers at a PDAC-supported Commercial Farm in the Cuanza Sul Province of Angola. Photo credit: PDAC Project Implementation Unit.
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MBS Sports, the sports content arm of Media Business Solutions (MBS), has concluded a four-year deal with LaLiga for the broadcast of weekly league games in sub-Saharan Africa. The deal grants MBS Sports exclusive free-to-air (FTA) broadcast rights for the 2020/21 to 2023/24 games in the territory
Secretary of State Antony Blinken launched the new U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa on August 8 in Pretoria as part of his visit to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. The new strategy document is an important first step in a lengthy journey to transform U.S-Africa relations into strong partnerships with African…
A greater part of Africa’s populationcan’t afford a healthy diet than any other regional population. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by climate change, high levels of poverty, rapid population growth, low economic growth, inadequate infrastructure and conflicts. Women are the backbone of agricultural labour in the region. The problems of limited access to…
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