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Between 2005 and 2025, African economies have experienced significant wealth erosion due to armed conflicts, currency collapses, hyperinflation, and other disruptions. These factors have devalued personal savings and reduced purchasing power across the continent. In this report, we estimate the total monetary loss over this period and compare it to the potential growth had those funds been invested in stable assets like the S&P 500 index, gold, or global real estate funds.

If you work in Africa’s finance world long enough, you start to see the same pattern. Two people. Same salary. Same contribution rate. Same number of years saving. On paper, they’re doing everything “right”. Yet when retirement finally arrives, their outcomes are miles apart. One has a portfolio that still buys real things – school fees, healthcare, travel, dignity. The other has a statement full of big numbers that don’t stretch nearly as far as they should. The difference o

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