Amplifying African Narratives
The World Bank has raised its 2026 growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa to 4.3%, while warning that stronger headline growth must translate…
A new African Union and World Bank report says 85% of Africa’s trade still flows outside the continent, even as intra-African trade…
A planned 400kV Zambia-Malawi interconnector is moving forward with World Bank backing, strengthening prospects for cross-border power trade and energy security in…
Malawi’s continuing IMF discussions show how difficult it is to rebuild a reform programme while managing foreign-exchange shortages, debt pressures and social…
The World Bank’s new 2026–2032 Nigeria strategy places jobs, private investment, energy access, broadband, agriculture and trade reform at the centre of…
The World Bank-backed Ifahsa pumped hydropower project places energy storage, grid resilience and renewable integration at the centre of Morocco’s clean-power strategy.
Twenty-seven countries have moved to secure access to crisis-finance tools from existing World Bank programmes as energy and fertilizer shocks intensify.