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After facing headwinds such as depressed international energy prices, and rising debt and fiscal imbalances, Trinidad and Tobago’s economic recession appears to be turning a corner, with GDP growth projected to climb to 0.3% in 2017 and 3.4% in 2018. As one of the largest and most diversified economies in the English-speaking Caribbean, the country is beginning to benefit from the new administration’s process of fiscal adjustment and economic diversification, spurred on by an ambitious public works pipeline.

La Côte d’Ivoire a entrepris de réduire ses dépenses publiques suite à une chute du cours mondial du cacao, premier poste de recettes d'exportation du pays.

The rollout of new micro-insurance products in partnership with mobile operators is allowing Ghana to deepen penetration rates, something that has historically proven tricky due to its large informal sector and a lack of consumer awareness.

Kenya has inaugurated a new multibillion-dollar railway, with the long-awaited project just one of several that the government has been aggressively developing under its Vision 2030 economic blueprint.

A new draft budget released in Tanzania last month emphasises capital projects as a means to further boost industrial activity in what is already one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.

Egypt’s long-awaited investment law is set to be implemented in the coming months, potentially catalysing further growth in recovering foreign direct investment (FDI).

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