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IMF Africa

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IMF Africa

@IMFAfrica

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) works with member countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve lives and help ensure economic stability. #IMFAfrica 🌍

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Apr 16
IMF Projections 2026: Angola🇦🇴:2.3% Benin🇧🇯:7.0% Côte d'Ivoire🇨🇮:6.2% DR Congo🇨🇩:5.9% Ethiopia🇪🇹:9.2% Ghana🇬🇭:4.8% Kenya🇰🇪:4.5% Nigeria🇳🇬:4.1% Senegal🇸🇳:2.2% South Africa🇿🇦:1.0% Tanzania🇹🇿:5.9% Uganda🇺🇬:7.5% Zambia🇿🇲:4.3% Zimbabwe🇿🇼:5.0% imf.org/en/publication…
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🔴 LIVE NOW: Watch the public preview launch of StatGPT, the IMF Statistics Department’s AI-powered platform. See how natural language AI provides direct access to official statistics, while preserving trust and accuracy.
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A new wave of nationalization driven by geopolitics, energy transition, and supply shocks is transforming state involvement in markets, Nicholas Mulder writes in F&D magazine. imf.org/en/publication…
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Jun 9
Developing countries are under pressure as revenues shrink. What’s driving it? Falling nontax extractive income from oil, gas, and mining, plus lower foreign aid. Since 2000, these dropped 3.8% of GDP, only partly offset by 2.6% in tax gains. imf.org/en/blogs/artic…
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Jun 8
IMF approves US$250m ECF arrangement for Rwanda, with an initial disbursement upon approval. The 38‑month program will support macroeconomic stability, address external and fiscal pressures, and advance inclusive, private sector-led growth. imf.org/en/news/articl…
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Jun 8
For much of the world, geoeconomics, or the blending of economic policy and national security, is not new but routine practice, Josh Lipsky writes in F&D magazine. imf.org/en/publication…
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Jun 7
Reliance on a small number of cloud providers, software platforms, or AI models concentrates risk. One exploited weakness can ripple across many institutions at once. Our blog explains why authorities must ask whether the system can absorb these shocks. imf.org/en/blogs/artic…
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Jun 6
The global economy now uses roughly half as much energy per dollar of output as it did in 1980, helping cushion oil shocks. Read more in F&D magazine. imf.org/en/publication…
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Jun 5
From ancient trade routes to modern supply chains, control of commodities has long shaped economic power—and continues to do so today, Jean-Marc Natal writes in the latest F&D magazine. imf.org/en/publication…
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Jun 4
The line between economic policy and national security is blurring as countries turn to tariffs, sanctions, and export controls, F&D editor in chief, Gita Bhatt, writes in the latest June issue. imf.org/en/publication…
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Jun 3
The IMF and Ethiopia have reached a staff-level agreement on the fifth review of the country's four-year, US$3.4 billion Extended Credit Facility arrangement. Subject to Executive Board approval, Ethiopia will access about $468 million. imf.org/en/news/articl…
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Jun 3
Governments are expanding industrial policy in response to crises. But whether it delivers sustained gains, and at what cost, depends on design, governance, and global coordination. Read our latest blog for more: imf.org/en/blogs/artic…
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Jun 2
Geoeconomics is reshaping global power, from trade and finance to security and technology. Read more in the new F&D issue. imf.org/en/publication…
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