ENERGY
With reduced-cost solar energy made possible by matching grants, Somali businesses are able to stay open later, creating new jobs.
With reduced-cost solar energy made possible by matching grants, Somali businesses are able to stay open later, creating new jobs.
As the Horn of Africa faces various challenges—including COVID-19—finance ministers recommit to urgently furthering the initiative
Meet Hodan Ali, a government representative and activist working to lift the voices of Somali women in government.
This project supports increased access to basic digital financial and government services targeting entrepreneurship and employment, particularly for women.
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to have contracted by 2.0% in 2020, closer to the lower bound of the forecast in April 2020.
Africa’s poorest countries saw little to no progress on average in improving the quality of their policy and institutional frameworks in 2018.
With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
Watch, listen and click through the latest videos, podcasts and slideshows highlighting the World Bank’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Doing Business report provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. See where your country ranks.
