OPINION/EDITORIAL

Africa Faces Mounting Risks Just as Growth Gains Take Hold

(Credit: Nikada/iStock by Getty Images) April 23, 2026/IMFBlog By Abebe Aemro Selassie To weather the shock, policymakers should ensure that any near-term measures are time-bound and targeted at the most vulnerable, and maintain the focus on medium-term development objectives Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies entered 2026 with significant momentum. The region had notched […]

Africa’s Financial Future is Domestically Funded

AFC’s State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report 2026 argues that Africa’s next development breakthrough will come from deploying domestic capital into infrastructure, industry and integrated systems at scale April 23, 2026/AFC Africa’s development challenge is increasingly shifting from capital raising to productive capital deployment in infrastructure and industry, according to AFC’s State […]

Nigeria’s Booming Growth Leaves Citizens Trapped in Deeper Poverty

April 22, 2026 By Blaise Udunze With the chanting of the ‘Renewed Hope’, it appears to be Uhuru in Nigeria, following the recent World Economic Outlook presented by the International Monetary Fund, which projected that Nigeria’s economy would expand by 4.1 percent in 2026. Though this specifically shows an economy […]