Most models predict that Africa’s population will double by 2050, and as the youngest continent in the world, Africa also boasts six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies. In addition, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which includes almost every African country, represents the largest free-trade agreement since the establishment of the World Trade Organization in 1995…
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Africa in the Spotlight
With many African countries beginning to diversify away from more commodity-based export economies towards the import and export of manufactured goods, we will see an advance in robust economic development throughout the continent in the medium term.
INDUSTRY IN FOCUS
Banking and Finance
African banks have so far demonstrated unprecedented resilience, as their capital bases are stronger and their liquidity higher than during the last financial crisis.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Digitalization is the key to recovery
Jean Marie Koffi, Secretary General of the Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa, details how Covid-19 has accelerated the digital transition.
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