NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- A U.N. report predicts a rise in economic growth in Africa this year, with an average of 5.8 percent compared to 5.7 percent growth in 2006.
The U.N. Commission for Africa warned that the countries on the continent need to diversify their economies and to build better infrastructure, the BBC reported.
"African economies continue to sustain what we call the good momentum of the past few years," said Eloho Otobo, one of the authors of the report. "The growth momentum, however, rests on a very, very fragile foundation."
The countries with the highest growth rates are Mauritania, 19.8 percent, Angola, 17.6 percent, and Mozambique, 7.9 percent.
The commission said Zimbabwe's economy has been shrinking at the rate of 4.4 percent a year. Those countries with the lowest growth rates are Seychelles, 1 percent, Swaziland, 1.2 percent, Comoros, 1.2 percent, and Ivory Coast, 1.2 percent.
