Africa enters 2019 facing a sluggish and unstable world economy.Global markets remain jittery as the U.S.-launched trade war with China starts to affect African economies negatively.As an African proverb goes,"When elephants fight,it is the grass that suffers." For Africa to realize its own development,it requires a thriving world market and stable global order.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that three of Africa's major economies-Nigeria,South Africa and Angola-will witness sluggish growth in 2019.According to Milesi Ferretti,Deputy Director in the Research Department of the IMF,"The continent could do much better once these economies are on morn solid footings,particularly South Africa and Nigeria,because they are really large [economies] and affect a number of countries in their neighborhood.The entire Sub-Saharan African economy will be expected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2018 to 3.8 percent in 2019.This is insufficient economic growth to boost the much-needed job creation for the growing population of the region,according to the IMF.