East Africa is the continent's fastest-growing region in 2026, led by Ethiopia and Rwanda, with regional trade topping $46 billion in the first quarter.

East Africa is the continent's fastest-growing region in 2026, led by Ethiopia and Rwanda, with regional trade topping $46 billion in the first quarter.

Twelve of the world's twenty fastest-growing economies are African, a new outlook shows, even as heavy debt and global turbulence temper the optimism.