After a turbulent few years, Africa's overall economic outlook appears to be strengthening. Against a backdrop of higher commodity prices, improving agricultural production, increased investment and rising net exports, the continent is expected to register growth of 4% in 2019, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). This is a marked improvement from the anaemic numbers of just a few years ago, when global oil prices slumped. But will such a rate of growth be sufficient to support a region that is expanding by almost every conceivable metric?
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