The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again lowered its economic growth projections for a majority of African economies, painting a stark portrait of mounting global and domestic pressures following her April 2025 spring meeting. While a handful of nations have posted modest upgrades, the prevailing trend is unmistakably grim: Africa’s growth engine is sputtering.
The Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook update, released in April, cuts across the continent, revising growth figures downward in over two-thirds of the assessed countrie
