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Talking Point: Botswana – Tentative GDP recovery recorded in Q3
Real GDP (non-seasonally adjusted) declined by 6.0% y-o-y in Q3 2020, compared with a contraction of 24.0% y-o-y in Q2 2020, according to Statistics Botswana. Most industries exhibited an economic con...
Talking Point: Mauritius – Halt in tourism keeps economy in negative territory in Q3
The Mauritian economy contracted by 13.1% y-o-y in Q3 2020, according to Statistics Mauritius. The third-quarter reading follows a contraction of 33.0% y-o-y (revised upwards from 32.5% y-o-y) during...
Talking Point: Zambia – Food prices the driving force behind surging inflation
Surpassing a four-year high as lean season pressures took hold, headline inflation had closed in on the 20% y-o-y threshold by end-2020. Headline inflation jumped by 180 bps to 19.2% y-o-y in December...
Talking Point: Zambia – Economy remained in the grips of recession in 2020 Q3
Preliminary data indicates that the real economy contracted by a smaller margin than initially feared over 2020 Q3, as was the case the quarter before. Statistics released by Zamstats show that the ec...
Talking Point: Kenya – Consumer price inflation ticks higher in December
The latest consumer price index (CPI) publication from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that CPI inflation ticked higher to 5.6% y-o-y in December from 5.3% y-o-y the previous mont...
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Tunisia - Along with Egypt and Nigeria, Tunisian hard currency debt – despite ongoing strain in the macro environment – appears to carry value within the non-distressed high yield class
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Central Africa – Rebels unite in election week. Egypt – Disbursal of $1.7bn approved by IMF Executive Board. Egypt – Suez Canal takes a hit, but gradual recovery underway. Rwanda – Consumer price infl...
Weekly Africa Insight: Overview of the past week’s political and macroeconomic developments
Africa – Weekly Covid-19 update (Dec 18). Algeria – Inflation eased during first 10 months of the year (Dec 18). Angola – Inflation maintains rising trend (Dec 21). Botswana – Inflation continues its...
Talking Point: Tunisia – Public-private partnerships planned in Gabes & Kasserine
The Tunisian Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) is currently assisting the local governments of Gabes and Kasserine governorates in preparing catalogues of public-private partnership (PPP) opportuni...
Talking Point: Egypt – Disbursal of $1.7bn approved by IMF Executive Board
The Executive Board of the IMF has completed its first review of Egypt`s economic programme supported by a 12-month separate Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) valued at $5.2bn. This allows for the immediate...
Talking Point: South Africa – Labour unions threaten Constitutional Court challenge
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has signalled its intention to take the Labour Appeal Court ruling on wage increases to the Constitutional Court. Public sector unions expressed the...
Talking Point: Central Africa – Rebels unite in election week
The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) has accused former President François Bozizé of assembling a rebel front with the intention of seizing power ahead of an election from which he was...
Talking Point: Tunisia – 2021 budget restructures tax revenues
On December 10, Tunisia’s Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP) passed a new budget for 2021 with 110 votes in favour, 21 votes against, and 2 abstentions. In the intervening period, the budget h...
Talking Point: Egypt – Suez Canal takes a hit, but gradual recovery underway
According to data from the Suez Canal Authority, total Suez Canal receipts declined by 4.4% y-o-y to $4,628m during the first 10 months of the year, compared with an 8.5% y-o-y increase in the same pe...
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Polisario vows that the war against #Morocco for the #WesternSahara will “continue and escalate” after firing rockets at a position near Guerguerat on Saturday night. We see essentially no risk of conflict beyond occasional pot shots at bases.
The High Court of #Malawi dismissed the application by former president Peter Mutharika to lift restrictions on his bank accounts which were frozen by the Anti-Corruption Bureau as part of an investigation into a MK5bn cement scandal.
Another leaked document from the Fishrot corruption scandal in #Namibia alleges that Swapo and President Hage Geingob benefitted from the N$2.5bn scheme. The new evidence will contribute to the increasing decline in support for the current government.
.#Morocco`s consumer price index (CPI) registered deflation in December, driven by declining food prices.
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