Speakers at the launch of African Development Bank Group's report on Benchmark Macroeconomic Models for Effective Policy Management in Africa in Addis Ababa

African economies face gaps in macroeconomic modeling capacity despite progress, new AfDB study says

African countries still face significant capacity gaps in macroeconomic modeling, despite the huge strides they have made in terms of forecasting, analysis, and effective policy management, a new African Development Bank Group study has found. The report, Benchmark Macroeconomic Models for Effective Policy Management in Africa, was launched in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa by the Bank…

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Nigeria’s Telecom Contribution to GDP Hits 16% – Danbatta

·     Says broadband penetration to hit 50% by year-end   The telecommunications sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased significantly to 16 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, according to the data reported by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the computation by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS)….

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