{"id":51541,"date":"2025-10-07T18:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/world-bank-upgrades-sub-saharan-africa-growth-forecast"},"modified":"2025-10-07T19:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:28:02","slug":"world-bank-upgrades-sub-saharan-africa-growth-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/world-bank-upgrades-sub-saharan-africa-growth-forecast","title":{"rendered":"World Bank Upgrades Sub-Saharan Africa Growth Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span><b>Sub-Saharan African economies are expected to grow by a faster 3.8% this year due to receding price inflation, the World Bank said on Tuesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Back in April, the institution had forecast an initial 3.5% growth for the region in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In its biannual Africa&#8217;s Pulse report, the bank said this upgrade was due to lower inflation and improved foreign trade. The region&#8217;s median inflation rate declined to 4.5% in 2024 and should stabilise between 3.9 and 4% annually by 2026, the bank predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is also expected to accelerate to reach an annual average of 4.4% in the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>This improvement is driven by growth forecasts upgrades for major regional economies like Ivory Coast, <b>Ethiopia<\/b> and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>But the World Bank remains concerned with trade uncertainty due to high debt burdens, a lack of jobs, and <b>the policies of United States president Donald Trump.<\/b><br \/>\n<b>&#8220;Trade challenges remain very high. We don&#8217;t know how this is going to be resolved because there are lots of negotiations going on,&#8221;<\/b> said Andrew Dabalen, chief economist for Africa at the World Bank. He cited <b>the recent expiry of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)<\/b>, a key trade agreement between the United States and African nations.<\/p>\n<p>The bank urged the region\u2019s economies <b>to create more jobs<\/b> and ensure that they offer <b>\u201cbetter pay, stability, and opportunities\u201d<\/b> for their populations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eritrea<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Sub-Saharan African economies are expected to grow by a faster 3.8% this year due to receding price inflation, the World Bank said on Tuesday. Back in April, the institution had forecast an initial 3.5% growth for the region in 2025. 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