The COVID-19 pandemic has come and gone, but it has not dampened the resilience of the Ivorian economy, which is getting back on its feet with investments in strategic sectors. By Issiaka N’guessan, Abidjan The country can currently boast political stability after the serious military-political crisis of September 19, 2002...

South Africa's economy remains "fragile" with GDP falling 0.7% in the second quarter, after two consecutive quarters of growth. "The devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN, south-east) and (electricity) load shedding have contributed to this decline, weakening an already fragile national economy that had just returned to a pre-pandemic level," explains...

As a recent player in official development assistance, Turkey is proposing an innovative partnership to Africa, argues Onur Özçeri, the Turkish ambassador to Benin. In this interview, the diplomat details his country's strategy and priorities on the continent. Interview by Viany Gbaguidi, in Cotonou Since 2005, Turkey has joined the...

The continually growing credit funds provide financing formulas likely to widen the range of possibilities offered to SMEs on the continent. It is a flexible and tailor-made approach which, far from competing with traditional bank financing, could on the contrary complement it, argues financier Sidoine Viagbo.     By Sidoine Viagbo, Deputy...

Through this interview, Taieb Talbi, a specialist in sovereign debt management in emerging countries, who advises several states and multinationals on investment, asset management and debt relief, gives an uncompromising flashback on the recent developments in Tunisia. Extracts.   How do you see Tunisia over the past ten years? My...

In his message to the Nation on December 31, the Senegalese president said that the growth rate, one of the most robust in Africa for several years, which was projected at 6.8% for 2020, has dropped drastically this year. because of COVID-19. However, he praised the good crop year, with...

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé assured on the evening of December 31 that his country would emerge from the impact of COVID-19 to continue in 2021 the structural transformation of its economy, in his message to the nation on the occasion of the New Year. “At the economic level, we are...

In Algeria, the constitutional referendum, organized last November and marked by a large boycott, revealed the gap between the government and the society. A failure, questioning the results of the hirak while the Algerian economy is facing its eternal problem: diversification. A little hope remains: entrepreneurship and digital development could...

Ghana saw its economy, affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, contract by 3.2% over one year in the second quarter, a first since 1983, announced the national statistics service (GSS). Between April and June, "for the first time in 37 years, Ghana's economy contracted by 3.2%, Samuel Kobina Annim, the chief...

According to the results of the Africa CEO Trade Survey 2020, more than 70% of African CEOs believe that intra-African trade will increase over the next 12 months. The survey also reveals that, unlike other regions of the world, intra-African trade remains very low at 15%, leaving more room for...