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African Countries Need A New Economic Model

Many countries across Africa are experiencing an economic malaise. What began as a slump for commodity exporters in 2014 became a more general slowdown with the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Zambia, Ghana and Ethiopia have all defaulted since the start of the pandemic; other countries are imposing harsh austerity measures to avoid the same fate.

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