Nigeria, April 25 -- The World Bank on Thursday said economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to edge up from 3.3 per cent in 2024 to 3.5 per cent in 2025 and further accelerate to 4.3 per cent in 2026-27.

However, the bank said the region's economic performance is still dragged down by some of its largest countries-namely, Angola, Nigeria, and South Africa.

"Excluding these countries, the rest of the subcontinent is expected to grow at 4.6 per cent in 2025 and speed up to 5.7 percent in 2026-27. This outlook is subject to heightened risks arising from global policy uncertainty," the bank said in its latest Africa's Pulse report released on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF meetings in Washington.

"As inflation cools down...