Africa Chart Pack

Africa Chart Pack (Jan. 2024)

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to strengthen over 2024-25 as the external backdrop turns more favourable and, in some places, the drag from high inflation eases. But this boost will be...

31st January 2024 · 0 mins read

Africa Chart Pack

Africa Chart Pack (Dec. 2023)

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to strengthen over 2024-25 as the external backdrop turns more favourable and, in some places, the drag from high inflation eases. But growth will be...

18th December 2023 · 0 mins read

Africa Chart Pack

Africa Chart Pack (Nov. 2023)

Our Africa Chart Pack has been updated with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments. Economic growth across Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to pick up in 2024, but a challenging external...

28th November 2023 · 1 min read

Africa Chart Pack

Africa Chart Pack (Oct. 2023)

Our Africa Chart Pack has been update with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments. Tight policy and a weak external environment will constrain growth over the coming quarters.

31st October 2023 · 1 min read

Africa Chart Pack

Africa Chart Pack (Sep. 2023)

Our Africa Chart Pack has been updated with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments. Economic growth across Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to pick up over the coming quarters, but a...

29th September 2023 · 1 min read

Africa Chart Pack

Africa Chart Pack (Aug. 2023)

Our Africa Chart Pack has been updated with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments. Sub-Saharan Africa is set to record its weakest growth (outside the pandemic) since 2016 this year...

31st August 2023 · 1 min read

Africa Economics Update

Africa’s slow tourism recovery sustains external strains

Sub-Saharan Africa’s tourism industry has recovered slowly from the pandemic, albeit with significant variation in performance across the continent. Signs that the tourism outlook is weakening risk...

24th August 2023 · 3 mins read

Africa Chart Pack

Africa Chart Pack (Jul. 2023)

This new Chart Pack has been designed to replace our Chart Book in response to client feedback to make our insights more accessible, and with more options to incorporate them into your workflow. Use...

26th July 2023 · 1 min read

Africa Economics Update

Tanzania: near-term growth restrained, gas hopes bright

Tanzania’s economic growth will remain sluggish by past standards over the next couple of years due to the effects of persistent drought and tight fiscal policy. But with policymaking shifting in a...

6th July 2023 · 7 mins read

Africa Economic Outlook

Domestic woes to drag down growth

Homegrown problems in Sub-Saharan African economies exacerbated by external headwinds are likely to curtail growth this year. We think that regional GDP will expand by 2.3%, which is well below the...

31st March 2023 · 24 mins read

Africa Economic Outlook

Storm clouds gathering

Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered particularly heavily from the pandemic and then spillovers from the war in Ukraine, and the global recession will only add to the headwinds. Taken together with tight...

27th October 2022 · 24 mins read

Africa Economics Weekly

Debt risks and IMF deals, hawks gain ground

Recently approved IMF financing will ease near-term balance of payment pressures in Tanzania and Kenya, but the Fund’s push to tighten fiscal policy will weigh on recoveries. Meanwhile, this week’s...

22nd July 2022 · 5 mins read

Africa Chart Pack

Hawkish shift creates difficult environment for Africa

The hawkish turn by DM central banks over the past month has further soured investor risk appetite, and capital inflows into African economies are likely to have slowed. Countries with large external...

30th June 2022 · 12 mins read

Africa Economics Update

Tanzania: near-term struggles, long-term outlook brighter

Unfavourable shifts in commodity prices, the effects of drought and a slow rebound in the tourism sector will hold back Tanzania’s economy over the next couple of years. But while the near-term...

6th June 2022 · 5 mins read

Africa Chart Pack

The monetary policy tide turns

African central banks have turned up their hawkish noises over the past month. Policymakers in Nigeria and Kenya delivered their first interest rate hikes following pandemic-era cuts. In South Africa...

31st May 2022 · 12 mins read