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World Bank: Africa risks missing growth dream amid rising conflict, fragile reforms
Alfred Onyango  |  May 14, 2025

World Bank pegs the shortfall to the occurrence of political violence on the continent, which increased about eightfold between 2000 and 2023, and wit...

Report: East Africa to power Africa’s economic growth in 2025
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 04, 2025

East Africa’s projection is an upgrade from 4.4 per cent in the previous year, with the lender backing agriculture and services sectors as the main dr...

Somalia, Ethiopia to have stronger GDP growth this year - World Bank
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 12, 2024

Somalia's gross domestic product growth pace has been set at 3.7 per cent, compared to 3.1 per cent last year, while Ethiopia's was 7.0 per cent, 0.2...

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