Tanzania is on a trajectory for continued economic expansion, growth rate projections have increased from 5.4% in 2024 to 6% in 2025 thanks to the government’s strategic initiatives and prudent fiscal ...

Regional growth is forecast at 4.9% in 2025 and 4.7% in 2026. Inflation will moderate to 2.3% in 2025 and 2.2% in 2026 as global commodity prices decline further, enabling many regional central banks ...

Textile Industry Significance The textile and apparel sector holds outsised importance in Sri Lanka’s economy. It accounts for approximately 40% of the country’s total exports and directly employs ...

In the early hours of April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump stood before a crowd of supporters and declared it “Liberation ...

With the exit of Delta, only Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Enugu, Rivers and Taraba states have now been governed by the PDP non-stop since 1999. The former ruling party now controls only 10 states, trailing ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how people tend to interpret ambiguous information as confirming whatever they believed to begin with. Photo: Free to Choose Network Americans endured ...

But the IMF’s World Economic Outlook - released today - predicts Mexico's economy will contract by 0.3% this year, compared with its previous forecast of 1.4% growth. We're about listen in to a ...

(Bernama pic) Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has praised Sarawak for playing a key role in driving Malaysia’s economic growth, highlighting its rapid progress in education, industry, energy ...

Nigeria’s economic growth prospects in 2025 face a potential slowdown due to a newly imposed 14 per cent reciprocal tariff by the United States on Nigerian imports. This was indicated in the ...

Throughout her distinguished career, she has focused on advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 8 (Decent Work ...

Although South Africa’s economic growth has been disappointing, it is expected to pick up modestly in 2025 compared to previous years, PPS Investments predicts. If domestic inflation remains ...

Thailand’s economic growth will be hit by US tariffs on its exports, although the impact on activity won’t be as great as during the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior central bank official said on ...