Tag: Sub-Saharan

IMF sees sub-Saharan Africa growth near two-decade low in 2016

Tue May 3, 2016/Reuters By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to slow this year to its weakest in nearly two decades, hurt by a slump in commodity prices, drought and the after-effects of the Ebola outbreak, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. […]

Lagarde, Bio-Tchané Co-Chairs African Consultative Group Meeting

17/4/2016/IMF Mr. Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané, Chairman of the African Caucus, and Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), co-chaired the African Consultative Group meeting today at the IMF Headquarters. They issued the following statement after the conclusion of the Group’s meeting in Washington. “We had very productive discussions on […]