Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is open for business as analysts hail a new era of prosperity for the world’s least developed region. The IMF predicts that over the next five years, 10 of the 20 fastest-growing economies will be in sub-Saharan Africa, which had a growth rate of 5.3% in 2012, compared to a global rate of 3.3%.

By Thomas Rees