IMF expects Botswana’s growth to top Africa

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook released this week indicates that researchers at the institute expect Botswana’s growth this year to considerably beat its sub-Saharan peers, with Seychelles second at 6.9 percent, Burkina Faso third with 6.7 percent and Cote d’Ivoire fourth with six percent.

Regionally, Zimbabwe is forecast to come second after Botswana in terms of growth with 5.1 percent, followed by South Africa with five percent and Lesotho with 2.8 percent. Botswana’s forecast growth is also comfortably above the sub-Saharan average of 3.7 percent forecast by the IMF.