{
  "id": 3297351,
  "title": "Odd Lots: What’s Driving Africa’s Economic Growth?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/odd-lots-whats-driving-africas-economic-growth",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T16:00:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-25/odd-lots-what-s-driving-africa-s-economic-growth-video"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Africa has seen lots of economic growth in the last few years. According to the United Nations, growth across the continent is expected to reach 4.0% in 2026. Joe Studwell, author of How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier, joins Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal on the Odd Lots podcast to discuss what is driving this economic growth and how it compares to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}