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Africa's 25 Most Wealthiest Cities in 2026: Johannesburg Still Leads, But East Africa Is Rewriting the Rankings

Africa's private wealth stood at approximately USD 2.5 trillion in investable assets in 2026, distri...

Apr 18 16 min

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Africa Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the United States. It Is Also Falling Further Behind in Absolute Terms Every Year. Both of These Statements Are True. Only One of Them Matters for Policy.

In 2025, East Africa is projected to grow at 5.9 percent. The United States is projected to grow at ...

Apr 6 13 min

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Africa Has 54 Economies. The Investors Reading Them as One Are Not Analysing the Continent. They Are Abstracting It.

The aggregation problem in African investment analysis is not a matter of analytical laziness, thoug...

Apr 21 14 min

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Africa Sends 85 Percent of Its Exports Outside the Continent. A Map of Intra-African Trade Percentages Explains Why. Read It Carefully.

The Afreximbank 2024 data visualised in the Africa Trading with Africa map is one of the most analyt...

Apr 13 14 min

REGIONAL MARKETS

Sub-Saharan Africa Has 13 Economies in the World's Top 100 by Purchasing Power. Their Combined Output Is USD 7 Trillion. The Global Economy Is USD 219 Trillion. Do the Division.

The Visual Capitalist chart circulating in April 2026, sourced from the IMF's latest projections, sh...

Apr 13 13 min

REGIONAL MARKETS

The World Happiness Report Is Not About Feelings. It Is About the Price of Your Sovereign Debt.

Every year, East and Central Africa's lowest rankings in global happiness indices are reported, note...

Mar 21 18 min