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The 160-basis-point increase from 1.9% in August marks a shift in the Bank of Botswana’s monetary stance after more than two years of steady easing.
Nigeria’s subnationals are learning to earn, not just receive. They’re digitising taxes, reforming budgets, and using infrastructure policy to build fiscal resilience beyond Federal allocations.
Figures from the Bank of Mozambique show reserves rose by 1.25% month-on-month from $3.99bn in July, covering more than three months of estimated import needs for goods and services.
Eyob Tekalign, the new governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), said in an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday that the public should expect a turnaround.
Across the continent, currency weakness has continued to shape inflation dynamics, import costs, and investor sentiment. For instance, a weaker naira increases import bills and inflationary pressures while signaling economic fragility and lower investor confidence.
The average cost of preparing a pot of jollof rice for a Ghanaian family of five rose in September 2025, despite the country being among Africa’s five strongest currencies that month, according to a new jollof Index.
GoldBod attributed the performance to improved oversight and its continued collaboration between key stakeholders which has helped curb smuggling and boost repatriation of proceeds.
Inflation, currency volatility, and debt stress continue to shape Africa’s monetary path in 2025, prompting tighter policies in fragile economies and gradual easing where stability has improved.
The IMF has projected that SSA’s economic growth will remain unchanged in 2025 despite new US tariffs that took effect in August and raised concerns about trade disruptions.
The 2.1 percentage-point drop marks the sharpest decline since April, when consumer prices began their downward trend. Based on the old methodology, September’s inflation rate is the lowest since May 2022.
Five of the seven economies surveyed saw their currencies strengthen in the first nine months of 2025, reflecting softer dollar prices, improved access to external funding and tight monetary policy.
While four markets — Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, and Kenya — recorded growth, others, such as Ghana, Egypt, Mozambique, and South Africa, either stagnated or contracted under inflationary and structural pressures.
Under the new export framework, companies that fail to meet allocation targets, breach environmental or tax rules, or transfer allocations to third parties will have their quotas revoked.
President Taye Atske Selassie told lawmakers in Addis Ababa last week that the government is targeting 9% economic growth and single-digit inflation in the current fiscal year, backed by ongoing reforms.
Nigeria’s long-running struggle with mass poverty could ease slightly in 2027—the next election year—marking the first improvement in nearly a decade, according to the World Bank.
The sharp drop underscores the growing strain on a region already battling limited fiscal space, rising debt, and slowing economic momentum.
Last week, the CBE cut its overnight deposit rate by 100 basis points to 21%, its fourth consecutive reduction this year and the lowest level in two years.
Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano and former central-bank governor, warns that Nigeria’s early monetary loosening risks reigniting inflation and undoing recent gains in economic stability.
The move marks a shift from over a decade of debt-driven infrastructure expansion that has left the country with one of Africa’s highest debt service burdens.
The AfDB’s proposed funding comes shortly after the World Bank disclosed plans to extend $750 million in new loans to the western African nation, covering projects in digital infrastructure and healthcare resilience.