Business & Markets

Country

Credit and industry

Credit to private sector (% of GDP)

  1. Morocco79.2% of GDP2025
  2. Mauritius72% of GDP2025
  3. Tunisia57.7% of GDP2025
  4. Cabo Verde54% of GDP2025
  5. Burundi38.5% of GDP2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Lending interest rate (%)

  1. Madagascar60%2025
  2. Zimbabwe46.4%2025
  3. DR Congo24.1%2025
  4. The Gambia22%2025
  5. Sierra Leone21.4%2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Manufacturing value added (% of GDP)

  1. Eswatini28.1% of GDP2025
  2. Equatorial Guinea22.3% of GDP2025
  3. Gabon19.1% of GDP2025
  4. Morocco14.9% of GDP2025
  5. Zimbabwe14.9% of GDP2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Digital and infrastructure

Electricity access (% of population)

  1. Algeria100% of population2024
  2. Egypt100% of population2024
  3. Mauritius100% of population2024
  4. Morocco100% of population2024
  5. Seychelles100% of population2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people)

  1. Seychelles31.6 per 100 people2024
  2. Mauritius28 per 100 people2024
  3. Tunisia15 per 100 people2024
  4. Algeria13.3 per 100 people2024
  5. Egypt11.7 per 100 people2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Internet users (% of population)

  1. Morocco91.2% of population2024
  2. Seychelles87.8% of population2024
  3. Libya82% of population2024
  4. South Africa78.4% of population2024
  5. Algeria77.4% of population2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Mobile money accounts (m accounts)

  1. Kenya95.3 m accountsAug 2026
Source: Central Bank of Kenya, mobile payments statistics · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Mobile money agents (agents)

  1. Kenya563,605 agentsAug 2026
Source: Central Bank of Kenya, mobile payments statistics · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Mobile money transaction value (KSh bn)

  1. KenyaKSh 761.1bnAug 2026
Source: Central Bank of Kenya, mobile payments statistics · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Mobile subscriptions (per 100 people)

  1. Côte d’Ivoire183.9 per 100 people2024
  2. South Africa179.3 per 100 people2024
  3. Mauritius172.7 per 100 people2024
  4. Botswana164 per 100 people2024
  5. Morocco153.1 per 100 people2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Markets and investment

FDI inflows ($bn)

  1. Egypt$15.5bn2025
  2. Guinea$7.8bn2025
  3. Mozambique$5.8bn2025
  4. Nigeria$4bn2025
  5. Ethiopia$3.8bn2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

  1. Algeria93.1% of merchandise exports2024
  2. Niger88% of merchandise exports2024
  3. Senegal32.7% of merchandise exports2024
  4. Tunisia6.2% of merchandise exports2024
  5. Zimbabwe2.9% of merchandise exports2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Listed companies (companies)

  1. Egypt244 companies2025
  2. South Africa212 companies2025
  3. Nigeria165 companies2025
  4. Mauritius92 companies2025
  5. Morocco78 companies2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

Stock market capitalisation (% of GDP)

  1. South Africa327.2% of GDP2025
  2. Morocco62.5% of GDP2025
  3. Mauritius55% of GDP2025
  4. Zambia51.6% of GDP2025
  5. Nigeria29.9% of GDP2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 8 Oct 2026Strata-AF™ Data

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