Following the release of the IMF World Economic Outlook for April 2024, Niger Republic is not only the fastest-growing economy in Africa but the third in the world.
This follows the kicking out of France, the United States and Germany by the current Head of State, Abdourahamane Tchiani, the president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP).
Niger is one of the world’s richest countries that was looted to stupor and categorised as the world’s poorest.
Often thought of as being mostly a desert, Niger is actually one of the largest producers of onions and few other products in Africa and the world.
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Niger is a major producer of potatoes, rice, peanuts, sorghum, corn, and wheat and is the world’s largest producer of millet.
But despite all this hard work on the part of the people of Niger, and despite Niger’s oil and Niger being the world’s largest producer of Uranium, Niger is still considered the poorest country in the world because everything in Niger was controlled by the former colonial masters – France until August last year 2023 when the people decided that enough was enough.
Today, Niger Republic determines the price of their own uranium (unlike before), their gold and other resources. Now, they can determine their own fate without foreign interference.
