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Over 60% of Ghana’s working population are into agriculture

“If you look at the African Development Bank, as I speak now, after Nigeria, the second-largest shareholder is the United States of America. There’s Germany, there’s Japan … ”

“The AU is actually over 70% funded by outsiders.”

The East African Community has a market “of nearly 300 million people”.

Kenya’s GDP is not more than US$120 billion.

“We have the highest unemployment rate on earth, and that has now been the case for decades.”

"South Africa’s debt is R5.2 trillion, or 74% of GDP.”

“Last year alone, 1,457 children younger than five died in South Africa’s public hospitals due to acute malnutrition.”

“In 2024, we exported R157 billion in goods and services to the US while importing just over R120 billion.”

“Since Ramaphosa took office seven years ago, the economy has not grown by more than 2%.”

“There is a housing backlog of more than 3 million houses.”

“By 2030, South Africa should have an unemployment rate of 6%. Currently, the expanded unemployment rate is 40%.”

“In 2024, 29% of matriculants passed mathematics at 50%, and 30% passed physical science at 50% or more.”

“Poor households are faced with an 11.3% increase in their food baskets.”

“In 2024 alone, over 139,000 more people fell into extreme poverty.”

“Mineral product and chemical imports from the US into South Africa amounted to R35 billion, while we exported over R20 billion of the same. Exports of vehicles, aircraft and the like amounted to R35 …

“The SIU and the NPA are performing at 48% capacity.”

The IMF and the OECD are saying the UK is going to have the fastest growing economy in Europe.

The IMF and the OECD both say the UK will be the fastest growing European economy in the years ahead.

Ghana’s trade balance in 2016 was -2.3% and moved to 4.6% in 2024