The World Bank in Africa

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to stall in 2022, dropping from 4% to 3.6%. The slowdown reflects short-term disruptions including global economy slowdown and persistence of health, financial, food and political crises effects.

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Spoken Word Poetry Competition

Meet the winners of our Spoken Word Competition in Western and Central Africa.
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66 million are food insecure in eastern and southern Africa

Here is what the WBG is doing about it
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COVID-19 Vaccination Journey

In Eastern and Southern Africa - Unlocking supply, building capacity and overcoming hesitancy.

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Sub-Saharan Africa, home to more than 1 billion people, half of whom will be under 25 years old by 2050, is a diverse continent offering human and natural resources that have the potential to yield inclusive growth and wipe out poverty in the region, enabling Africans across the continent to live healthier and more prosperous lives. With the world’s largest free trade area and a 1.2 billion-person market...

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Supporting Mozambique’s Internally Displaced Persons

This project aims to improve inclusive access to education and health services in 32 districts across the provinces, where more than 93% of all internally displaced persons live.

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Eastern & Southern Africa

This diverse region of 26 countries is home to about half a billion of Africa’s people.
Western & Central Africa

Helping the 22 countries of the sub-region deliver strong development outcomes.

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Victoria Kwakwa

Vice President, Eastern and Southern Africa

Ousmane Diagana

Vice President, Western and Central Africa

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Apr 13, 2022

Africa’s Pulse

Since emerging from its first recession in 25 years, economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated at 4% in 2021, up by 0.7 percentage point from the October 2021 projections, and up from -2.0% in 2020.
Apr 13, 2022

CPIA Africa

The overall 2019 Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score for the region’s 39 IDA-eligible countries came in at 3.1, the same as in the previous three years, in a context of moderating per capita growth. ...
IDA in Africa

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.
Apr 18, 2022

Africa’s Human Capital Plan

Read the World Bank’s plan to support African countries to strengthen the quantity, efficiency and impact of investments in people.