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ABEBE: Competition will boost faster growth in Africa

A vendor arranges her fruits stand at Top Market in Nakuru on April 10,2019. Food prices are 27 per cent higher in sub-Saharan Africa, on average, than in other developing regions. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NMG

By  ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE

Heightened trade and geopolitical tensions have resulted in a broad-based global economic slowdown.

Sub-Saharan Africa is also feeling the consequences of this more challenging global environment.

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