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Vol 60 No 19

Published 27th September 2019


Nigeria

Summit bid to heal crisis

After xenophobic attacks and corporate rivalries, the leaders of Africa’s two biggest economies are to meet next month

For pan-African economic alliances and security cooperation much is riding on the summit between Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Muhammadu Buhari, due to hold on 3 October in South Africa. On paper, they run Africa's two economic giants, producing over half the continent's gross domestic product. Close up, however, both economies are afflicted by slow growth, galloping unemployment and a shortfall of productive investment.

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