AFC calls for coordinated investment in energy, transport, and logistics to unlock competitiveness in these sectors and anchor regional production hubs June 5, 2025/AFC Clarion call for scaling electricity generation and transmission to drive structural economic transformation   Installed power capacity per capita stagnated in Africa vs. doubling in India since […]

(Credit: IMF Photo/Ebunoluwa Akinbo)  June 5, 2025/IMFBlog By Wenjie Chen, Michele Fornino, Hamza Mighri, Can Sever  More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies that face profound challenges such as stagnant economic growth, weak institutions, inadequate public services, extreme poverty, war, and forced internal displacement. Some countries […]

June 4, 2025/CSL Research The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently released the April 2025 price watch report for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas. The report shows that the average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas increased by 7.69% month-on-month (m/m), rising […]