Africa: Morocco Overtakes South Africa As Africa's Most Industrialised Economy

[Daba Finance] Morocco has displaced South Africa at the top of the African Development Bank's Africa Industrialisation Index for 2025, ending a 15-year run for South Africa as the continent's leading industrial economy.

The AfDB, which unveiled the report at its Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, credited Morocco's rise to sustained industrial policy, export diversification, and manufacturing growth across automotive, aerospace, and infrastructure sectors. ...