Facts in Q&A format

Nigeria (8% of its GDP), Botswana (10%) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (11.4%) have the lowest external debt, according to the International Monetary Fund. ...

No. According to the World Bank’s latest Global Findex database, 73% of adults in Kenya had a mobile money account in 2017. In Uganda and Zimbabwe, the figure stood at about 50%.The share of adults owning a mobile money account in Ghana in 2017 was 39%. ...

No. It is N550 million less. According to the president's 2020 budget, 2,526,899,156 (N2.53 billion) was budgeted for the president’s travel and transport; 1,751,296, 576 (N1.75 billion) for international travel and transport, 775,602,580 (N775.60 million) for local travel and transport and 98,306...

In the second quarter of 2020 agriculture contributed 23.92% to Nigeria’s nominal GDP and 24.65% to Nigeria's real GDP when adjusted for inflation. ...

Ghana’s debt-to-GDP rose to 71% as of 30 September 2020, according to the latest figures from the Bank of Ghana. However, the International Monetary Fund forecasts the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio will drop or rise slightly to 74.7% of the GDP in 2021. ...

No. According to the government of Anambra State, as at 31 December 2020, it has a total of N85.197 billion in outstanding debt (N40.561bn external and N44.636bn domestic). ...

Nigeria's Total Debt Stock (Foreign & Domestic), as of 30th September 2020 stood at N32.22 trillion (US$84.57 billion), a 3.9% increase when compared with N31.01 trillion (US$85.9 billion) recorded in June 2020. Domestic debt stock includes federal government bonds, treasury bills and promissory...

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the total value of Nigeria's exports was N3.19 trillion, while the total value of imports stood at N5.93 trillion. The country's trade balance was therefore N-2.73 trillion. ...

Kenya's real GDP, which accounts for inflation, contracted by 5.7% from 1 April to 30 June 2020 compared to an expansion of 5.3% in the same period of 2019....