Rising trade tensions, multiplying conflicts and natural disasters – the institution urgently calls for de-escalation to avert the worst, emphasising that “the poorest countries will suffer the most”.

Professor Kwaku Gyebi Duodu, Head of the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa, has ...

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to remain at 3.2 percent in 2019 and rise to 3.6 percent in 2020. The expected recovery, however, is at a slower pace than previously envisaged for about ...

Despite global gains on combatting child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent's fast-growing economies.

Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is forecast to firm to 3.7% in 2025 and strengthen to an average of 4.2% in 2026-27, the World Bank has revealed in its June 2025 Global Economic Prospects report.

Where US trade policy with Africa was once framed around poverty reduction and export promotion, current priorities emphasise security, resource access and geopolitical leverage. The African Growth ...

The World Bank yesterday cut its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) growth for sub-Saharan Africa to 4.0 per cent this year from 4.5 per cent it was last year. Group grows sub-Saharan ...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will officially declare open the 23rd African Fencing Championships, which begins ...

A severe economic downturn followed by a cyber attack are the two most critical risks that would affect Vodacom the fastest, ...

Africa gave Michael Hincks the travel bug when he was 16. Soon, he was five continents down and keen to complete the set ...

Two of Africa’s fencing powerhouses, Egypt and Tunisia, have arrived in Nigeria, with other countries set to arrive on ...