As 2025 drew to a close, Africa’s macroeconomic picture tells a story of various levels of recovery. Growth remained uneven, while inflation trajectories varied widely. Labour markets became more fragile, with currencies stabilising in select economies. Equity markets in particularly frontier exchanges delivered bumper returns.
Policy credibility, commodity dynamics, and external demand became the decisive differentiators. That reality prompted the World Bank to revise its 2025 growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa upward by 0.3 percenta
