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The State of Enterprise in Africa

African enterprise is growing in a tougher setting than a headline growth rate suggests. The continent is expected to expand by about 4.2% in 2026, a solid pace, yet most workers still earn their living in informal work, a growing share of new tech capital is debt rather than equity, and basic infrastructure, above all electricity, remains the binding constraint on firms of every size (AfDB, 2026;