Africa's Output Grew 3.4 Percent in 2018, Afreximbank's Trade Report Shows

Africa's output grew by 3.4 per cent between 2017 and 2018 despite a slowdown in global growth during that period, a new report by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has shown.

The African Trade Report 2019: African Trade in a Digital World, launched in Moscow, Russia during the 26th Afreximbank Annual Meetings, indicates that Africa's total merchandise trade in 2018 had a value of over $997.9 billion, noting that the continent remained one of the fastest growing regions in the world.

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