{"id":238733,"date":"2018-04-21T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=238733"},"modified":"2018-04-20T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:48:11","slug":"5-of-the-fastest-growing-economies-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/238733\/5-of-the-fastest-growing-economies-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"5 of the fastest growing economies in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ghana has lost its mantle as the African economy likely to grow the quickest this year to Ethiopia, which has held the position for most of the past decade, International Monetary Fund data showed.<\/p>\n

West Africa\u2019s second-biggest economy should expand 6.3% this year, the IMF said in its World Economic Outlook released Tuesday. That\u2019s lower than the 8.9% forecast in October, and is also less than the raised 7.4% estimate for Ivory Coast and the prediction for Ethiopia, which was held at 8.5%.<\/p>\n

Commodities including oil, gold and cocoa are the mainstay of Ghana\u2019s $43 billion economy, which surged 8.5 percent last year as the Sankofa crude field started up in May.<\/p>\n

Its growth booms and busts have been closely linked to oil since it became a producer in 2010. Ethiopia, whose gross domestic product is almost double Ghana\u2019s, has drawn investors including General Electric Co, Johannesburg-based Standard Bank Group and hundreds of Chinese companies.<\/p>\n

The IMF increased its forecast for expansion in sub-Saharan Africa to 3.4% this year and 3.7% the next “as the challenging outlook in commodity exporters gradually improves,” it said.<\/p>\n

Nigeria, the region\u2019s most-populous nation and top crude producer, will grow 2.1 percent, matching the lender\u2019s estimate released in the Jan. 22 update to the outlook, while South Africa, the world\u2019s biggest source of platinum, will expand 1.5%, more than the 0.9% prediction three months ago.<\/p>\n

The two economies account for almost half of the region\u2019s GDP.<\/p>\n

Forecasts from the World Bank and African Development Bank in January also showed Ghana would expand the fastest this year. The World Bank will publish an updated report on African economies Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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