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IMF estimates 4.6% growth for Sub-Saharan but Kenya’s target remains higher
IMF projects Sub-Saharan Africa's 2026 growth to accelerate to 4.6 per cent from 4.4 per cent in 2025, IMF. supported by economic stabilisation and reforms. This is above the estimated global growth rate of 3.3 per cent for 2026 and 3.2 per cent for 2027, revised slightly up since the October 2025 World Economic Outlook. In emerging markets and developing economies including Kenya, growth is expected to continue to hover above four per cent in 2026 and 2027, IMF says in its January World Economic Outlook. [...]