Explore Definitive Financial and Economic Intelligence on Africa
Africa is a continent as vast in size and opportunity as its 54 countries are disparate. Therefore, your challenge is where to go and where to look for information of excellence. Fortunately your need has been addressed with African Financial & Economic Data (AFED).
AFED is a comprehensive, consolidated and above all clear service providing interested parties in African countries with the detailed financial and economic information they need to make good political, financial, strategic and investment decisions.
All data is updated daily and available under 3 packages:
Gain Valuable Insights about any African Countries
Whether you are interested in South Africa, Algeria or Rwanda, the Country Profile series provides in-depth coverage of the African country of your choice.
Efficiently Evaluate and Track Africa's Economies
Whether you are interested in African Agriculture, Education or Telecommunication, the Sector Focus package provides in-depth coverage of the sector of your choice.
NEWS
Ethiopia plans to offer firms shares in road projects: finance minister
dcaputoEthiopia plans to offer shares in its road-building and maintenance projects to private investors, its finance minister said on Tuesday, the latest step to open up and modernise the state-led economy. The Horn of Africa country …
IMF urges Mozambique to address debt audit concerns
dcaputoMozambique should take steps to address information gaps that remained regarding the use of loans granted to three state-owned companies, the International Monetary Fund said. The IMF visited Mozambique from July 10-19 to discuss findings of …
South Africa’s rand weakens ahead of CPI, retail data
dcaputoSouth Africa's rand weakened against the U.S. dollar early on Wednesday as investors awaited consumer price inflation and retail sales data due later in the day. * At 0645 GMT, the rand traded at 12.9450 per …
South Africa considers privatisation to counter recession
dcaputoSouth African Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba laid out an ambitious 14-point programme on Thursday to wrench the economy out of recession that included the sale of non-core assets and partial privatisation of state-owned firms. The plans …
Egypt set to receive $1.25 bln IMF loan tranche: MENA
dcaputoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is to receive a second loan installment worth $1.25 billion from the International Monetary fund on Thursday night or Friday at the latest, state news agency MENA said. Egypt agreed a three-year, …
Investor flight spurs equities’ H1 rally
dcaputoTHE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) witnessed a rally during the first half of the year as investors, fearing loss of value after the introduction of bond notes last November, sought refuge in equities. The rally on …
African consumer products industry rides out uncertainty
dcaputoAccording to Deloitte’s inaugural African Powers of Consumer Products report, despite a much-discussed slowdown in the African economic growth story, the continent’s consumer products industry is demonstrating a resilient and positive growth path when viewed …
S.African watchdog defends bid to weaken central bank inflation mandate
dcaputoSouth Africa's main public watchdog stood by its bid to force the central bank to target growth rather than inflation, dismissing a legal challenge that the move was unconstitutional. The head of the Public Protector Busisiwe …
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African Financial & Economic Data (AFED) database has been collated from multiple local and international sources. Every week new updates are added and our data expert Ilze Gouws analyses how a few important releases impact on the current African economy.
"Mozambique’s economy grew by 3.3% in real terms in 2016, exactly half the 6.6% growth registered in 2015."
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