JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth remains strong and should accelerate to 5.8 percent in 2015 but if the Ebola outbreak in its western corner is protracted or spreads it will have "dramatic consequences" for that zone, the IMF said on Tuesday.
In its latest World Economic Outlook, the Fund said Africa should repeat 2013's growth rate of 5.1 percent this year and then accelerate in 2015 as infrastructure investments boost efficiency and the service sectors and agriculture flourish.
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