Africa Economy

After years of uncertainty and turbulence, Egypt’s economy is beginning to show some signs of recovery, with a marked rise in business confidence helping to strengthen indicators in both capital markets and the broader economy. 

For the Egyptian economy, good news has been tough to come by in recent years. Three years after the January 25 revolution, the continued fallout from broader socio-political instability has brought wave after wave of grim developments, whether it be worker strikes, rising deficits or shrinking reserves. 

So it came as something of a relief when, speaking on the sidelines of a...

Although South Africa’s macroeconomic indicators remain soft, recent data shows that foreign investors are continuing to flow into the country as a public sector-backed infrastructure spending campaign is rolled out. 

Le gouvernement ivoirien a mis sur pied un conseil des exportations chargé de mettre en œuvre une stratégie de diversification de l’économie et de fournir une feuille de route qui permettra à la Côte d’Ivoire, premier exportateur de cacao au monde, de ne plus dépendre uniquement de ses marchés traditionnels mais d’explorer de nouvelles opportunités dans des secteurs tels que le secteur minier ou le caoutchouc.

Africa’s second-largest economy, South Africa, has been grappling with headwinds throughout early 2014, although it narrowly avoided slipping into a recession in the second quarter. The country’s long-term fundamentals remain fairly attractive but the new cabinet will have a tricky job stimulating growth over the remainder of the year.

En Tunisie, les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) se heurtent depuis longtemps au problème de l’accès au crédit mais il se pourrait bien qu’une série d’initiatives récentes contribue à leur apporter une bouffée d’oxygène à court terme.