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Africa’s total exports surge by 17% in 2023, yet its global share is still less than 3% — report

Africa’s exports increased by 16.8% in 2023 compared with a year earlier, reaching US$665.4 billion, whereby this significant growth was primarily driven by minerals and IT services, according to a recently published Africa Export Competitiveness Report 2023. According to the report, the world economy recovered considerably from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2023, as the total […]

Nigeria’s inflation nears 40% on back of higher food prices

Higher food prices triggered a surge in the inflation rate to 33.9% in Nigeria in October, up from 32.7% a month earlier, the national statistics agency said. The jump was attributed to a steep rise in the prices of staples such as maize, rice, and cooking oil, the agency said. In a bid to tame […]

Morocco prepares for the return of French as language of teaching scientific subjects

After years of arabization, Morocco will start teaching scientific subjects like mathematics, physics and biology in French at the high school level as the language is already in use in universities. The decision is backed by education minister Saïd Amzazi who is facing criticism from Islamists and conservatives, ardent defenders of arabization. For the minister, […]