Africa is no less geared to the bump in commodity export prices and no less chequered in terms of sluggish reform and accumulation of debt than Latin America, where much more liquidly traded equity market peers have rallied sharply this month. Egypt...

The investment to realise that manufacturing potential is likely driven by serving local and nearby regional markets in contrast to North Africa (EU exports) or South East Asia (global exports and China relocation). Our relative scorecard uses the sa...

At the end of January, I stood beside Murchison Falls with my family, drenched in the spray of the world’s most power waterfall, and I reflected on how much can change in a generation. Comparing the modelled outcome for Africa in 2021 with the curren...

The risk of an overseas vacation is that we are forced into quarantine either on arrival or on return should we contract Covid-19 or venture to a country where policy is focused on lifting lockdowns, rather than minimising infections (see Death by Co...

The Bank of Tanzania, in its recently held monetary policy committee meeting, finally followed its regional counterparts and put forth measures to deal with the economic impact of Covid-19. So far, Tanzania has 509 cases, 183 recoveries and 21 deaths...

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Tanzania has been rapidly rising in recent days, and has now reached 254. East Africa neighboursKenya, Rwanda and Uganda have taken significant measures to combat Covid-19, with the last two of those having a...