- 45 African economies – commodity dependent – so open to external economic shocks
- Commodity dependent country – 60%+ merchandise exports of total exports from the country
- Primary commodities – oil/gas/minerals/agricultural products/
- Commodity dependence – means low growth – means increased economic vulnerability (in case of an external economic shocks due to global events)
- Merchandise items – Highest concentration of exports
- 2nd lowest share of exports (after Oceania) – merchandise items
- Trade in services – abysmally low – with almost no high-intensive and technology enabling services
- 50 million – micro and small-medium sized enterprises in Africa
- $416 billion – the financial support these organizations need every year
(UNCTAD)