July 25, 2025 By Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, International Trade Centre, and Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman, Afreximbank The share of bilateral exports between Africa and the Caribbean, despite extensive shared history, has never surpassed 6%, according to an ITC and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) study, leaving much room for growth […]
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Q1-25 GDP: Cautious Growth Outlook Post-GDP Rebase
July 24. 2025/Cordros Report On July 21, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) unveiled the much-anticipated rebased GDP figures, updating the base year for real GDP calculations from 2010 to 2019. The rebasing exercise introduced several key revisions, including (1) a marked increase in nominal GDP, prompting a recalibration of […]
GDP Rebasing Reveals Larger Economy, but Growth Remains Lacklustre
July 23, 2025/CSL Research The rebasing exercise has significantly boosted nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures with notable differences across sectoral contributions. Nonetheless, real growth rate remains lacklustre. Higher nominal GDP expected to improve debt metrics but undermines efforts by the government to bolster the tax revenue to GDP ratio […]
