Africa's economic growth Stories

World Bank raises Sub-Saharan Africa growth forecast to 3.8 per cent for 2025
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 08, 2025

The World Bank cited falling inflation, stabilising currencies and renewed investment in major economies such as Ethiopia, Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire.

President Ruto meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pushes for AGOA extension
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 25, 2025

Having once championed Kenya's deployment to Haiti, the United States has now shifted the file to the UN. In his UNGA speech, President Trump made no...

Kenya pushes for 16-year AGOA extension to protect thousands of jobs and exports
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 25, 2025

Laikipia Woman Representative Jane Kagiri called on the Kenyan government, in collaboration with the United States, to pursue a 16-year extension of t...

CBK's Kamau Thugge scores ‘A’ in global finance rankings for steering Kenya’s economy through turbulence
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 23, 2025

Over the past year, Kenya has maintained inflation within the target range, while the shilling has remained stable against major currencies. Interest...

Inequality in Africa: what drives it, how to end it and what some countries are getting right
The Conversation  |  Sep 19, 2025

Rwanda has a progressive income tax structure. Low-value mobile money transactions are exempt from tax. Key utilities such as electricity and water re...

Kenya’s economic outlook worsens as debt and policy uncertainty weigh on growth
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 15, 2025

The report, which reviews macro-economic performance for the six months to June, warns that optimism about the country’s growth prospects is fading.

Fed but not nourished: The silent crisis facing children in Kenya’s informal settlements
Charity Kilei  |  Sep 10, 2025

According to Amos Kamau, Nutrition Advocacy Strategist at the Institute for Food Justice and Development and youth representative at the World Food Fo...

Private sector shows signs of recovery, boosted by gains in retail and manufacturing
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 04, 2025

Looking ahead, businesses showed a greater level of optimism towards future output for the third consecutive month in August, which took overall senti...

Mounting pending bills choking SMEs, risking jobs - CoB Margaret Nyakang’o
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 04, 2025

CoB Margaret Nyakang’o said the unpaid bills are causing “liquidity challenges, potential business closures, job losses, and increased government expe...

Kenya defends Sh271 million image-laundering gamble in Washington
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 28, 2025

Kenya is keen to secure a favourable trade deal with the United States before the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expires in September.

How Africa should reimagine its trade future upon AGOA’s expiry in September - experts
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 27, 2025

The World Economic Forum emphasises that the AfCFTA must move from being a political promise to an operational force.

Rising prices, protests shrank private sector economy in July - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 05, 2025

The monthly Stanbic Bank's Purchasing Managers' Index shows the headline PMI dropped at the sharpest pace in a year during the month.

Kenya's inflation climbs to 4.1 per cent amid fluctuating food prices, fuel costs
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 01, 2025

Data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the increase was mainly driven by rise in prices of commodities in the three key categori...

Somalia at 65: What’s needed to address its dismal social development indicators
The Conversation  |  Jul 07, 2025

The Somali state collapsed as a cohesive national entity in 1991. The military government that had been in power since 1969 was overthrown by armed op...

Kenya’s Q1 growth steady at 4.9 per cent despite service sector slowdown
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 04, 2025

According to the latest quarterly GDP report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the plateau in growth is largely due to a slowdown in...

World Bank downgrades Kenya's GDP growth to 4.5 per cent in June projection
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 11, 2025

The projection also represents a significant cut from its earlier forecast of 5.0 per cent growth made in January.

KEPSA calls on banks to raise lending to private businesses to 15 per cent to spur growth
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 06, 2025

The alliance emphasised the need for banks to shift towards lending based on cash flow for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups, rather th...

PEG-MGF Peptide: Exploring its potential in research and beyond
Husnain Ali  |  May 29, 2025

One of the primary areas where PEG-MGF might hold promise is tissue repair and cellular proliferation.

Employers raise alarm over Kenya’s shrinking investment appeal, job losses
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

Official statistics from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show formal job creation fell to 75,500 in 2024, down sharply from 123,000 in 2023.

Kenya’s GDP to grow 5 per cent in 2025, driven by agriculture and fintech, says AfDB
Alfred Onyango  |  May 28, 2025

The lender credits the upgrade to robust growth in agriculture and vital service sectors, particularly fintech and mobile money.

Economic outlook: Kenya’s inflation climb raises prospect of monetary tightening in coming months
Alfred Onyango  |  May 27, 2025

The country’s resurgent inflation, driven by surging electricity and fuel costs, could force policymakers to consider rate hikes to keep price growth...

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...

Kenya’s economic output rises 8 per cent to hit Sh16.22 trillion in 2024
Alfred Onyango  |  May 06, 2025

This is from Sh15.03 trillion in 2023, representing an eight per cent year-on-year growth.

IMF upgrades Kenya’s economic growth to 4.8pc in 2025 despite regional, global slump
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 26, 2025

The country’s GDP growth forecast has received a notable upgrade in the latest economic outlook by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Kenyan shilling, Africa’s best-performing currency in 2024 - World Bank
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 25, 2025

The local currency appreciated by 20 per cent against the global benchmark, the US Dollar, over the year, marking the highest gain across the region.

Trump’s protectionist tariffs dent global economic growth prospects to 2.8 per cent
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 24, 2025

Were it not for the tariffs, the lender says the global economic growth would have seen only a modest cumulative downgrade of 0.2 percentage point, to...

Rwanda overtakes Kenya to become second freest economy in EAC
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 22, 2025

The Index by the economic think-tank The Heritage Foundation ranks Rwanda second in the bloc, with an economic freedom score of 54.8, behind Tanzania,...

EPRA raises LPG entry bar to 30,000 cylinders for dealers to curb cartels
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 22, 2025

This is a sharp rise from the current threshold of 5,000 cylinders and is expected to shake up the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry by locking o...

What happens if Trump trashes the AGOA pact?
DW News  |  Apr 22, 2025

African nations have enjoyed duty-free access to the US market for over two decades under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), up for renewa...

US tariffs pose risks and opportunities for Kenya’s export market
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 10, 2025

The 10 per cent tariff, announced by US President Donald Trump, applies to all goods exported from Kenya to the United States.

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