Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is navigating between significant progress and risks major political instability, climate shocks, persistent inflation, and high public debt. The new Africa's Pulse report by the World Bank, published on October 7, 2025, notes an acceleration based on much on the alleviation of inflationary pressures and a recovery modest investments despite the continuing global economic climate uncertain.

The economy of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to demonstrate resilience, with a growth which is expected to increase from 3.5% in 2024 to 3.8% this year. Twenty-three countries recorded double-digit inflation in October 2022, compared to ten in July 2025, a sign of a process of stabilization of prices. Les However, growth projections are subject to significant risks of deterioration: indirect effects of policy uncertainties global trade, declining investor interest and tightening of the supply of external financing, in particular with the decline in public assistance to development. External debt service more than doubled during of the last decade, to reach 2% of GDP in 2024. The number of countries Sub-Saharan Africa already over-indebted or at high risk of being over-indebted a almost tripled, from eight in 2014 to 23 in 2025, which represents nearly half of the states in the region.

Accelerate growth that creates good

jobs Challenges such as creating jobs, improving access to essential services, and more transparent governance are more urgent than ever to ensure sustainable and inclusive growth. The Growth rate remains too low to significantly reduce the extreme poverty and to create sufficient and quality jobs for meet the needs of a growing workforce. Africa knows in Effect: a demographic transformation of an unprecedented scale and speed in the world. To take advantage of this asset, countries should promote a acceleration of growth creating good jobs, which constitutes the central theme of the 32nd edition of Africa's Pulse, — the biannual report of the World Bank dedicated to regional economic conditions —, entitled How to create jobs in Africa.

According to Andrew Dabalen, the World Bank's Chief Economist for the Africa Region, over the next 25 years, the working-age population in sub-Saharan Africa will number more than 600 millions more people. He explains that the challenge will be to support this growth demographic through the creation of better quality jobs, knowing that only 24% of new workers get a job today employee. And to create wage jobs on a large scale, it is essential to make a structural change in favor of the development of averages and big companies.