From widening trade finance gaps and renewed monetary tightening in South Africa to Zambia’s easing inflation and growing billionaire wealth, the continent’s economic outlook is increasingly being shaped by global conflicts, commodity price swings and shifting geopolitical alliances.

Africa finance brief: the SARB hikes the repo rate 25bp to 7% on intensifying inflation risks, the AfDB's final day in Brazzaville launches the Integrate Africa Forum and a Trade…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that Africa’s trade finance gap could widen to $86.6 billion by 2027, with