Poll suggests SA maize output to be higher than previously expected Foreign affiliates of US multinationals repatriate fewer earnings in Q2 2019 Growth worries prompt Modi’s first major fiscal stimul...

Kenya – At the tight end of the curve, we maintain the broad narrative that excess system liquidity conditions distort efficient pass-through of monetary signals, and movement in short-dated yields un...

Ghana: Growth slows and CPI rebased in week full of surprises. Mozambique: Elections will go ahead despite threats of violence. Namibia: Double blow drags economy into deeper depression. R...

Economic growth is forecast to rise to 2.6% this year on the back of higher domestic oil output, while strong production figures for manganese and timber further support the growth upturn. However, sl...

Real GDP growth reached 5.6% y-o-y in Q3 of the 2018/19 fiscal year (FY), mainly supported by a pickup in domestic demand and an improvement in the net trade position. Household consumption as well as...

Economic growth slowed even further during the second quarter of this year, which was not unexpected given that the country endured the onslaught of two cyclones earlier this year while dealing with t...

Economic growth continues to dry up in the desert economy, largely due to a double blow of severe drought and a slump in diamond production, but also due to continued weakness in the construction and...

After hovering around roughly the 7%-level during the preceding quarters, growth slumped sharply in the second quarter. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), real GDP growth declined from...

Rwanda recorded a remarkable 12.2% y-o-y real GDP growth rate during the second quarter of the year. This strong performance was largely driven by the services sector, with the latter expanding by 11....

The pressure on the Mozambican economic environment persists. After struggling for three years to contain the spillover effects from the debt scandal, it now needs to endure extra pressure after two c...

The economy is deeply depressed. Some problems are domestic (small private sector, policy uncertainty) and others regional or global (weak regional demand and a moderating global economy that weighs o...

DRC: From our Quarterly Update (Sep 17). East and Central Africa: FDLR leader killed in east DRC shake-up (Sep 19). eSwatini: From our Quarterly Update (Sep 19). Gabon: From our Quarte...

MPC decides to maintain the repo rate at 6.5% BoE keeps rates on hold US current account deficit narrows in Q2 ZAR slips in late trade

Mozambique’s elections – due in less than a month – will go ahead as planned despite threats by a splinter group of Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) fighters who have defied the party leadershi...