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Zimbabwe has the highest benchmark interest rate in Africa at 35%, exceeding Ghana, the second highest, by 7% points.
Nigeria holds the third highest interest rate on the continent at 27.5%, just 0.5% points behind Ghana, signalling aggressive policy intervention.
Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, and Egypt have interest rates above 25%, showing a regional pattern of tight monetary conditions.
There is a significant drop of over 5% points between Sierra Leone at 24.75% and Angola at 19.5%, marking a clear shift to lower-rate economies below the top tier.

The USA leads the suppliers with 1.40 million barrels/day, making it the largest single contributor to the EU’s crude oil imports in 2024.
Norway and Kazakhstan follow closely, delivering 1.10M and 1.05M b/d respectively, together accounting for over 24% of the EU’s total imports.
Nigeria ranks 7th, contributing 0.54M b/d, which is 5.9% of total EU crude oil imports, ahead of Brazil and the UK.
The top 6 suppliers (USA to Iraq) delivered 5.45 million b/d in total, representing nearly 60% of the EU’s crude oil demand.
The rest of the world, not listed among the top 10, contributed 2.24M b/d, underscoring the EU’s diversified sourcing strategy.

Key Takeaways:

African wine production peaked in 1965 at 2.39 million tonnes, the highest level recorded during the entire period.
The most dramatic single-year drop occurred between 1965 and 1966, when production fell by 40%, from 2.39 to 1.44 million tonnes.
A gradual recovery began in the early 2000s, with production consistently exceeding 1 million tonnes from 2003 onward.
The most recent peak occurred in 2021, with production reaching 1.23 million tonnes, a 48.5% decline from the 1965 high.
Despite this partial recovery, current production levels remain well below the highs of the 1960s.
As of 2022, African wine production stood at 1.16 million tonnes, representing a 43% decrease from 1961.

Morocco's AIDI score rose from 19.08 in 2003 to 70.32 in 2024, indicating substantial infrastructure progress over two decades.
Over the past 21 years, Egypt's infrastructure development, as measured by AIDI, has more than tripled.
Nigeria ranks 24th in infrastructure (AIDI) despite having the 4th largest GDP in Africa.
In 2024, Nigeria’s AIDI score was 25.70, significantly below peers like Morocco (91.43) and Egypt (82.54).
Algeria, with a GDP of $260.13B, achieved a strong AIDI score of 70.32, ranking 8th.
The AIDI gap highlights that economic size doesn’t guarantee infrastructure strength, underlining the need for intentional investment.

Eight East African nations made the list of the top 15 worst African currencies.
Somalia has the weakest African currency in 2024, with an exchange rate of 28,118.33 SOS per US$.
Guinea, with 8,613.26 GNF per US$, has the second weakest currency, but is still far behind Somalia.
Madagascar, Uganda, and Zimbabwe follow, each with exchange rates between 3,200 and 4,500 LCU per US$.
Nigeria’s currency traded at 1,478.97 Naira per US$, about 20 times stronger than Somalia's currency.
Despite economic turmoil, South Sudan’s currency remained below 2,200 SSP per US$, performing better than Somalia and Guinea.
The gap between Somalia and the rest of Africa’s currencies highlights extreme economic pressures unique to the Somali economy in 2024.

Egypt led every single year from 1961 to the most recent year — 63 years of dominance.
Egypt peaked at over 10.2 million tonnes in 2009, no other African country came close.
As of 2023, Egypt ranked 5th globally, just ahead of Italy and behind the US.
Nigeria hit its highest level in 2015, with 4.2 million tonnes.
Nigeria was the only country that got within 1.5 million tonnes of Egypt in 13 different years.
Countries like Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia remained consistent but far behind Egypt and Nigeria.
Egypt’s lead is backed by large-scale irrigation and strong export systems.
In 1987, Africa supplied 11.7% of the world’s tomatoes. But by 2023, its share dropped to 8.8%.

Key takeaways:

China led global gold production with 378.16 tonnes, representing approximately 10.4% of global output.
The top five producers (China, Russia, Australia, Canada, and the United States) collectively produced 37% of the world’s gold.
African nations showed remarkable strength, with four countries in the top 15 (Ghana, Mali, South Africa, and Burkina Faso).
Ghana led Africa in gold production and ranked 6th globally, producing 135.11 tonnes in 2023.
China, Australia, and Russia together produced nearly 1,000 tonnes of gold, accounting for 27.3% of total world production.

The Nigerian naira depreciated by a record-breaking 129.23% in 2024, the highest drop in the last decade.
From 2015 to 2022, the naira's depreciation was relatively controlled, rarely exceeding 20% year-on-year.
The exchange rate remained nearly flat from 2017 to 2019, showing signs of stability.
In 2023, the naira lost over half its value (51.46%), marking the beginning of the current volatility wave.
The exchange rate crossed the ₦1,000/$ threshold in 2024 for the first time in history.

Somalia’s currency has depreciated by 26.4% between 2015 and 2024.
The sharpest yearly depreciation was in 2019, at 4.64%.
From 2020 to 2021, the SOS saw its smallest year-on-year shift at 1.08%.
Despite fluctuations, every year from 2015 to 2024 recorded a net increase in SOS per US$.
2017 recorded near-stable currency performance with just a 0.16% change from the previous year.

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