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Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector is losing employment share despite strong economic growth, highlighting structural bottlenecks that could complicate the country’s industrialisation strategy, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB).
The disruption of shipping and energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly 20% of global seaborne oil trade, has pushed crude prices 40–50% higher in recent weeks, raising concerns about renewed inflationary pressure across global markets.
Nigeria is developing the Lagos International Financial Centre to attract global banks, deepen capital markets and position Lagos as a regional hub for international investment flows. Here’s all you need to know.
Inflation continued to cool across several of Africa’s largest and most closely watched economies in February, extending a downward trend that gathered pace through much of 2025 and the opening weeks of this year.
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The price increases come against a backdrop of heightened volatility in international energy markets, where crude oil prices have surged more than 25% since January due to disruptions in Middle Eastern supply chains.
Yields on South Africa’s benchmark 10-year government bond surged by 36 basis points on Monday, extending a rapid climb that has taken place over the past 10 days
Nigeria’s recent disinflation trend is facing a fresh threat as escalating tensions in the Middle East send global oil prices sharply higher, raising concerns that rising fuel and logistics costs could reignite inflationary pressures across Africa’s most populous nation.
The announcement comes as Zimbabwe, once barred from borrowing from the World Bank, African Development Bank and Paris Club creditors after defaulting in the late 1990s, inches toward rejoining the global financial mainstream.
