African law firms got through the global downturn. Now the recovery brings a new challenge: increasing competition from international firms. RAVINDER CASLEY GERA reports.
As expected (see feature, issue 26), Africa withstood the global downturn comparatively well. “Perhaps one of the least noticed aspects of the global downturn has been the resilience of the Sub-Saharan African region,” says the IMF’s World Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa 2010.
Taken as a whole, Africa avoided recession: Africa’s GDP growth slowed from 6.1% in 2007 to 5.4% in 2008 and 2.2% in 2009, but is expected to rebound to around 5.5% in 2010.
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