economy

Roger Arnold Tabesse, 73, is one of the 30,000 people living in a camp for internally displaced people at M’Pok Airport. Credit: Stephen Gladieu/World Bank

In the Central African Republic, Expectations are Sky High

Africa Central African Republic

Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Photo: Africa Section / Bo Li

Africa’s economy set for dramatic changes

— Carlos Lopes

Angolans party in the Miami Beach Nightclub in Luanda. Photo: Panos/ Robin Hammond

Inequality clouds growing economy

Angola needs to diversify its oil economy

A toast to South Africa’s black middle class

South Africa Middle Class

Most African countries will be middle income by 2040

Interview economy

Interview with Carlos Lopes, executive secretary, Economic Commission for Africa

Somali diaspora’s remittances cast a lifeline

Somalia diaspora

Interview with a money transfer chief executive

Africa Wired

ICT mobile phones

Ghana’s ‘new path’ for handling oil revenue

Seeking to avoid the ill effects of Africa’s resource “curse”

President James Alix Michel of the Seychelles

‘Invest in the people,’ says Seychelles president

development investment

Exclusive interview with James Alix Michel

Does financing benefit African women?

UN Women equality

New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds

Women struggle to secure land rights

UN Women equality

Hard fight for access and decision-making power

African economies capture world attention

But huge challenges still lie ahead