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WHERE TO INVEST IN AFRICA 2025/26

The report provides an understanding of the economic themes that will influence the macroeconomic developments across Africa, investment attractiveness rankings and drivers of each country's performance.

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Africa is navigating significant turbulence and transformations on multiple fronts, both geopolitically and economically. The RMB Where to Invest in Africa 2025/26 Report gives investors a comprehensive analysis of 31 countries, uncovering the underlying drivers of each country’s performance and informing their ranking. The report further provides insights into how policy can be leveraged to enhance countries’ future performances and their relative investment attractiveness.

Investor benefits

Investor benefits

A valuable addition to any investment process, augmenting due diligence to determine where to deploy capital for better risk-adjusted returns and impact across Africa.

Policymaker benefits

Policymaker benefits

A resource to help identify areas where policy improvements can attract more investments.

What’s in the report?

In this edition, we delve into country rankings and the factors driving investment attractiveness. We use methodologies that examine the structural dimensions of a country to more encompassing dimensions that capture a country’s complexity. We unpack factors that influence a country’s progress and investment potential, such as:

 
Market accessibility and innovation
Market accessibility and innovation
Economic performance and potential
Economic performance and potential
Investment
climate
nvestment climate
Economic
stability
Economic stability
Social and human development
Social and human development

WHERE TO INVEST IN AFRICA 2025/26

Uncovering Africa’s investment insights and opportunities

This report gives investors a comprehensive analysis of 31 countries, uncovering the underlying drivers of each country’s performance and informing their ranking. The report further provides insights into how policy can be leveraged to enhance countries’ future performances and their relative investment attractiveness.

 

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