As the BRICS summit opens on 6 July in Rio, the group – which sees itself as the voice of the Global South – is drawing in ...

The landscape of external funding flows to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has evolved significantly over the past two decades. This paper provides an overview of the non-official external financing sources, ...

I am African. I love this continent. I believe in its brilliance, its people, and its power. So when I hear that Zambia — a proud African nation — is projected to grow by 6% in 2025, I pause.

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it would combine the fifth and sixth reviews of Egypt's $8 billion support ...

The IMF advised Nigeria to reconsider its 2025 N54.99 trillion budget due to lower oil prices, while projecting a 3.4% ...

Nigerian Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto says the global financial system is outdated and failing people,” particularly ...

The IMF is waiting for a new inventory of public debt. It believes the report by Senegal’s Court of Auditors is incomplete.

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved the third review of Ethiopia's $3.4 billion loan ...

Both African governments and the IMF must act decisively and cooperatively if the former hopes for a speedy and prosperous recovery, and the latter hopes to overcome the ideological aversion that ...

The $33 billion that African countries received under the IMF’s special drawing rights after COVID didn’t add to their debt, came without conditions and didn’t cost donors a cent.

December 15, 2021 Did you know that the IMF’s African Department was created 60 years ago this year? To commemorate this anniversary, a second and final virtual event in the AFR@60 series will take ...

West African health systems were weak before the IMF got involved. Sadly, the policy reforms demanded by the IMF in exchange for loans have undermined governments’ ability to repair these problems.