Africa’s Growth Story: Unlocking Opportunity Beyond GDP

The Bigger Picture

Africa’s economic story is often reduced to numbers.

Charts, growth tables, and colour-coded maps attempt to define an entire continent with statistics. A few countries soar ahead — growing at +14.4% — while others struggle, recording contractions of -28%.

But numbers only take us so far.

Behind every percentage point lies a story:

• A young entrepreneur brimming with ideas.
• A community solving its own challenges.
• Untapped opportunities waiting patiently to be unlocked.

The headlines rarely capture these realities. They overlook the millions whose daily lives are not reflected in GDP charts — and yet, it’s at this human level that Africa’s future will be shaped.

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