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10 African countries with the lowest total rail coverage in 2026

Poor railway infrastructure may provide substantial economic, logistical, and strategic issues for African countries, ...
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10 African countries where the government spends more than it makes in 2026

A fragile government balance can pose major economic issues for African countries, especially at a time when many governments ...
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Leakages, Inefficiencies Make Reforms Feel Like Punishment for the Poor - South African Lawmaker Reddy

South African lawmaker Visvin Reddy explained that Nigeria is part of a broader pattern across Africa where countries are becoming increasingly dependent on borrowing to survive.Nigeria's public ...
The Conversation

African countries are bad at issuing bonds, so debt costs more than it should: what needs to change

Over the past two decades, African countries have increasingly turned to international capital markets to meet their development financing needs. For example, Kenya and Benin raised a combined US$2.5 ...
The Conversation

Inequality in Africa: what drives it, how to end it and what some countries are getting right

Protesters during a strike in Durban, South Africa over high unemployment, poverty and inequality. Photo by Siyabonga Sokhela/Gallo Images via Getty Images The relationship between inequality and ...
The Economist

Why some Africans see opportunity in foreign-aid cuts

ENDING DEPENDENCE on foreign donors would not only lead to prosperity but also to “self-respect for our nation”. Thus argued Nana Akufo-Addo, then the president of Ghana, when he launched his “Ghana ...