We are pleased to release the January 2017 Africa Market Update themed The New Norm: Rebooting Growth Engines in an Uncertain Global Economy. This issue takes stock of trends that shaped the macroeconomic and investment landscape in ten sub-Saharan African Economies (Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Angola, Gabon, Zambia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda) in 2016 and gives insight into areas that are likely to define 2017.