Located at a crossroads between Africa, Asia and Europe, Egypt remains one of the world’s most strategically important countries, as it has been for millennia. Egypt has the third-largest GDP in the Arab world, after oil-rich Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It is considerably more diversified than many economies in the region, with manufacturing and agriculture key contributors, making up 14.5% and 15.7% of GDP, respectively, according to the Central Bank of Egypt, as well as oil and gas extraction.
Kenya has a young and growing population, which has the potential to transform the country’s economic fortunes. To achieve this transformation the government will have to improve the quality and relevance of the skills young people possess. The country’s basic indicators have been moving in the right direction and compare well with the region. The state of health care in Kenya presents both...
Kenya is one of the economic and political heavyweights of East Africa. Despite recent security issues, it is recording strong economic growth and maintaining its leading position in the region. Recent discoveries of new oil, gas and water reserves and a young population give further cause for optimism, and the government is working to put the right policies into place to maximise the country’s potential.
Over the past five decades Algeria has made significant progress in the provision of health care to its citizens and tackling communicable diseases. Although basic health indicators have improved and living standards have risen, the country has witnessed an increase in chronic diseases, a common occurrence in a number of emerging markets, and these now represent the main burden on the health...
Basic health indicators in South Africa have improved recently thanks to surging government expenditure aimed at combating communicable diseases that have added to existing constraints in the public health system. The advent of universal health coverage under the National Health Insurance scheme in particular has created new opportunities in the sector, as well as offering the potential to...
The second-largest economy in Africa after Nigeria, South Africa benefits from some of the most sophisticated financial markets in the world, paired with a robust regulatory system, and is also home to the headquarters of a number of major multinational players in the fields of industry, energy and financial services.
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