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Financial services in Africa
Last updated 15 Nov 2026, 05:48 UTC · Sources are checked daily, with a full review every Sunday. How this works
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (2025)
- Guinea: 27.4%
- Mozambique: 25.8%
- The Gambia: 10.6%
- SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe: 10.5%
- Seychelles: 10%
- Namibia: 9.6%
- Liberia: 9.5%
- Somalia: 6.4%
- Rwanda: 5.9%
- Mauritania: 5.4%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Bank lending interest rate (2025)
- Cabo Verde: 7.75%
- Algeria: 8%
- Mauritius: 9%
- Seychelles: 9.85%
- South Africa: 10.7%
- Burundi: 12.4%
- Liberia: 13%
- South Sudan: 14.3%
- Mozambique: 17.5%
- SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe: 17.7%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Domestic credit to the private sector (2025)
- Morocco: 79.2%
- Mauritius: 72%
- Tunisia: 57.7%
- Cabo Verde: 54%
- Burundi: 38.5%
- Botswana: 33.2%
- Senegal: 30.9%
- Kenya: 29.4%
- Egypt: 25.8%
- Djibouti: 25.2%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Central bank policy rate (2026-08)
- Morocco: 2.25%
Source: Bank for International Settlements, central bank policy rates