March 23, 2026 Opinion, by Louis Strydom, Director of Growth and Development for Africa and Europe at Wärtsilä Energy Last year, I argued in my piece “Lean Carbon, Just Power”, that a limited and temporary increase in African carbon emissions is justified to meet the continent’s urgent electrification needs. That position was […]

IMF COUNTRY FOCUS (Credit: iStock by THEGIFT777)  February 20, 2026/IMFBlog South Africa’s new inflation target is one of several actions helping to bolster macroeconomic stability; continued reforms, both macroeconomic and structural, can help maintain momentum and address longstanding vulnerabilities. South Africa demonstrated remarkable economic resilience in the face of global […]

(Credit: IMF Photo)  December 4, 2025/IMFBlog It’s been three-and-a-half years since a combination of homegrown vulnerabilities and external shocks created a severe macroeconomic and debt crisis in Ghana. Underpinned by an IMF-supported program, the country’s economic recovery is steadily gaining momentum, marked by a significant decline in inflation, an increase […]