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๐ข New Report Out Now! Afreximbank Research Releases the African Commodity Index H1-2025 Afreximbank Research is pleased to announce the release of the African Commodity Index (AACI) H1-2025โa biannual report that provides deep insights into commodity market dynamics shapingโฆ
๐ข New Report Out Now! Afreximbank Research Releases the African Commodity Index H1-2025 Afreximbank Research is pleased to announce the release of the African Commodity Index (AACI) H1-2025โa biannual report that provides deep insights into commodity market dynamics shapingโฆ
๐ข New Working Paper Release โ Afreximbank Research Series ๐งพ Title: Impact of Development Finance Institutions on Industrialisation and Infrastructure Development: Evidence from the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) โ๐ฝ Authors: Uchenna Uzochukwu, Mandour Elโฆ
๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌโ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ. Realโฆ
โฌ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐.๐% ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐.๐% ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐. This will be propelled by strong private consumption growth and sustained investment into theโฆ
๐ While real GDP growth in Madagascar will slow to 4.2% in 2025, from 4.9% in 2024, amid higher base effects and still-weak government consumption growth, ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐.๐%.โฆ
New Release from Afreximbankโs Research Working Paper Series Title: International Trade and Inclusive Growth: Role of the Local Financial Market Series: APRWPS/2025/04 Authors: Raphael Mawuli Wugah Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah Sherif Sulemana Date: July 2025 Afreximbankโฆ
๐ Lesothoโs real GDP growth is projected to accelerate from 0.9% in 2024 to 1.8% in 2025, driven by stronger private consumption. This improvement is supported by easing inflation, partly due to lower energy prices, with mineral fuels accounting for 16.8% of the countryโsโฆ
๐น๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐.๐% ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ due to an improved outlook for the hydrocarbons sector and recovering aggregate demand from Europe (amid lower inflation and interest rates), which absorbs around 85% of Libyaโsโฆ
๐ข New Working Paper Release โ Afreximbank Research Series ๐งพ Title: Impact of Development Finance Institutions on Industrialisation and Infrastructure Development: Evidence from the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) โ๐ฝ Authors: Uchenna Uzochukwu, Mandour Elโฆ
