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African Wall Street operates with institutional discipline. Every figure we publish on the home page and across our properties is sourced from primary research by the World Bank, the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, the United Nations, or credentialed academic centers. Citations are listed below in full.
- $1.6TUS Black Buying Power
Total post-tax personal income available for spending by African-Americans in the United States, as tracked annually by the Selig Center.
- Source ·
- Multicultural Economy Report
- Publisher ·
- University of Georgia · Selig Center for Economic Growth
- Year ·
- 2023
- $54BSSA Annual Remittances
Officially-recorded remittance flows to Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023. Africa-wide flows including North Africa total approximately $90B.
- Source ·
- Migration and Development Brief 40
- Publisher ·
- World Bank · KNOMAD
- Year ·
- 2024 (2023 data)
- $3.4TAfCFTA Combined Market GDP
Combined GDP across all 55 African Union member states participating in the AfCFTA, the world's largest free trade area by member-country count.
- Source ·
- About the AfCFTA
- Publisher ·
- African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
- Year ·
- 2024
- 1.3BAfCFTA Population
Combined population of all 55 AU member states under the AfCFTA framework.
- Source ·
- About the AfCFTA
- Publisher ·
- African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
- Year ·
- 2024
Methodology note: where possible we cite the primary publishing institution rather than secondary press coverage. Figures are updated as new editions are released. Corrections welcomed at contact.