The latest ‘Africa Trade Barometer’, which has been published yearly by financial services firm Standard Bank since 2022 and which tracks businesses' perceptions of the ease of trade in Africa, shows that trade-enabling infrastructure and business confidence are improving. Macroeconomic indicators for the ten countries surveyed, which represent 66% to 68% of Africa's GDP, namely Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, showed a varied picture of resilience and recovery.