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Economic growth across the region is likely to remain slower in coming years than it has been over the past...

Background The narrative of Africa rising has overwhelmingly focused on hard economic data to support the proposition being put forth...

As the fireworks explode in clusters over the lagoon in Abidjan, the great grandchildren of independence-era leaders Kwame Nkrumah and...

There are many who believe that the use of energy is critical to the growth of the economy. In fact,...

It’s already Nigeria’s largest city, but it’s still growing – and fast. The population of Lagos is predicted to increase...

In the last few weeks, academics, policy-makers, law-makers  and the media have commented on the inability of the Bank of...

When it is growing, especially if inflation is not a problem, workers and businesses are generally better off than when...

Economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa slowed in 2015, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth averaging 3.0 percent, down from 4.5...

Gross domestic product (GDP) is increasingly a poor measure of prosperity. It is not even a reliable gauge of production...

Ghanaian businesses make 33 different tax payments a year, spend 224 hours a year filing, preparing and paying taxes amounting...