Ethiopia launched an ambitious economic reform program at the start of the 2024/25 budget year, backed by international partners such as the IMF and World Bank. Nearly two years on, the reforms…
By Africa Risk Control – Chad’s economic environment continues to be shaped by oil dependence and external financing conditions. While IMF-supported frameworks provide macro-level discipline, they also introduce operational volatility—particularly during periods…
By Africa Risk Control (ARC) – Kenya has not formally severed ties with the International Monetary Fund. Yet recent events have revealed something arguably more important: IMF-aligned economic reforms can no longer…
Chad rarely appears among Africa’s largest or fastest-growing markets, yet it continues to attract sustained attention from investors, development partners, and foreign governments.
Ethiopia set to get about $261 million funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the coming weeks, says the IMF.
Research in developing a new Trade Policy Activity (TPA) index by a group of WTO and IMF economists reveals a marked pick-up in trade policy activity from around 2019-2020, reflecting increased interventions…
Energy exports drop, increased imports turn Algeria’s current account to deficit The drop in energy exports and increased imports reversed the current account surplus into a modest deficit, the International Monetary Fund…
For 2025, GDP growth is projected to reach 2.5 percent as economic activity picks up, especially in the second half of the year, driven by the recovery in the services sector, says…
The Government of Cameroon is set to receive over $75 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – Sub Saharan Africa’s economic growth is set to slow in 2025 and next year mainly due to the surge of global policy uncertainty, says the International Monetary…
In their joint brief paper, Era Dabla-Norris, Vitor Gaspar, and Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro stated that major policy shifts underway have heightened global uncertainty and indicated that global public debt is likely to continue…
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – African leaders and the African Union Commission (AUC) are urged to advance justice and reparations for Africa at the ongoing AU Summit. The leaders are told to…
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a 38-month arrangement for The Democratic Republic of the Congo under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) in the amount of…
The IMF Executive Board concluded today the 2024 Article IV consultation with Mauritania and also completed the Third Reviews under the 42‑month blended Extended Credit Facility arrangement (ECF) and the Extended Fund…