NKC African Economics

Ethiopia: Inflation surges to multi-year high amid food shortages. Kenya: Nairobi governor arrested on corruption charges. South Africa: Manufacturing sector lifts its head somewhat in Oct...

Zambia – Fiscal opacity and the elevated risk of a financing gap place the onus on monetary authorities to discourage long dollar positioning via stringent liquidity measures. In this regard the centr...

Manufacturing production volumes contracted by 0.8% y-o-y in October 2019, following a contraction of 2.4% y-o-y in September, somewhat better than market expectations – the Reuters consensus indicate...

Headline inflation quickened to a new multi-year high in November as Ethiopia remains in the grips of critical food and hard currency shortages. Headline inflation quickened from 18.6% y-o-y in Octobe...

Following a notable recovery in Q2 (flattered by the low base of calculation created by intermittent load-shedding, low global demand and labour strikes in Q1), the economy lost momentum again in Q3,...

Key Features: Broad Country and Industry Coverage. The service covers 68 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, where 85% of world business is conducted. Up to 85...

Key Features: Broad Country and Industry Coverage. The service covers 68 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, where 85% of world business is conducted. Up to 85...

The developments over the past few weeks – the drama of South African Airways (SAA) and its business rescue, Eskom’s rolling blackouts, and an intensified debate over the fate of other state-owned ent...

South African energy utility Eskom took the unprecedented step of announcing Stage 6 load-shedding (intermittent power cuts) on Monday, December 9. Stage 6 allows for up to 6,000 MW to be cut from the...

The Libyan National Army (LNA) continue their assault on Tripoli, home to the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA). Due to disruptions, oil production declined by 4.5% q-o-q to 1.1 millio...

A common assumption is that changes in a country’s age structure that lead to lower dependency ratios—and thus a boost in disposable incomes (the so-called demographic dividend)—can be relied on to li...

If being flamboyant is a crime, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is certainly guilty. His given name, Gidion Kioko, was found wanting for this political showman and was formally changed to Sonko, meaning ‘...

Eskom takes load-shedding to a whole new level Prasa placed under administration Chinese exports still weak but imports rise Another positive surprise from German trade

Ghana – The revision of the inflation target remains a shrouded in opacity as the November MPC meeting failed to shed light on a new range – despite frequent alluding to possible mid-points in prior c...