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Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Angola - Contraction estimate for 2020 revised but expansion this year to be feeble.
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Central Africa – Chad’s Deby gets brutal with his election challenger. Egypt – Implementation of controversial property law postponed. Egypt – Pound remained stable against US dollar in February. Nami...
Talking Point: South Africa – Public sector unions make wage demands
The first day of wage talks at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council on Monday, March 1, revealed that public sector labour unions are demanding much more than government is willing to of...
Talking Point: Zambia – Private electricity company wins case against government
On Saturday, February 27, the Lusaka High Court struck down Energy Minister Matthew Nkuwa’s declaration that the power transmission infrastructure of Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) would be used...
Zambia Annual Country Profile: Populistic agenda undermines debt reprofiling requirements in election year
The loosening of lockdown restrictions alongside a remarkable recovery in the copper sector trimmed our full-year contraction estimate for 2020 to a more palatable 2.8%. Nonetheless, short-term growth...
Talking Point: Central Africa – Chad’s Deby gets brutal with his election challenger
On Sunday, February 28, armoured vehicles ran down the gate of opposition candidate Yaya Dillo Djerou’s home in Ndjamena to arrest him. A firefight ensued between the soldiers of the presidential guar...
Talking Point: Zimbabwe – Vice-president Kembo Mohadi steps down amid scandal
Vice-president Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday, March 1, amid a scandal involving improper relations with several women. His resignation comes almost a week after local media started to report that Mr...
Talking Point: South Africa – New vehicle sales tick higher but no real momentum
New vehicle sales rose during the second month of this year but remain well below the number sold during the same period last year, as South Africans remain reluctant to spend. The latest statistics f...
Talking Point: Egypt – Implementation of controversial property law postponed
On Monday, March 1, during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Justice Minister Omar Marwan, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ordered a two-year delay in the implementation of a controver...
Talking Point: Egypt – Pound remained stable against US dollar in February
The Egyptian pound remained stable against the US dollar in February, strengthening marginally by 0.2% m-o-m to an average of E£15.67/$. The currency was practically unchanged from the same month a ye...
Talking Point: Namibia – Credit demand growth droops to record-low in January
Private sector credit extension (PSCE) growth slowed further in January to the lowest growth rate on record, according to the latest data from the Bank of Namibia (BoN). PSCE growth ticked lower to 1....
SA Daily Economic Report: Morning market update
Manufacturing activity accelerates in February Corruption verdict raises alarm ZAR rises as lockdown restrictions ease US Manufacturing shows little signs of slowing down
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Rwanda - Higher crude prices pose risk to benign inflation but demand-side still weak.
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Rwanda - Higher crude prices pose risk to benign inflation but demand-side still weak.
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Supreme Court in #Ghana dismisses opposition leader John Mahama's election petition, upholding President Nana Akufo-Addo's victory in the December polls. Although Mr Akufo-Addo's victory margin was small, the ruling was expected.
.#SouthAfrica’s gross reserves declined to $53.8bn in February. Reserves are expected to decline further this year as commodity prices and an increase in domestic demand add pressure to the import bill.
1.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrived in the #DRC this week.
.#Uganda’s fiscal deficit for January exceeded the budgeted amount by 57.1%, as tax revenues fell and foreign aid dried up in the period surrounding turbulent elections.
High-frequency data releases published in the past month suggest that #Namibia recession continued in Q4 2020.
.#Uganda recorded the worst trade deficit on record during December 2020.
.#Algeria’s CPI inflation rate surged by more than a percentage point to 3.8% in January, driven by food price increases and a weakening exchange rate.
Recovery in #African countries will depend on underlying economic fundamentals, not on achieving herd immunity. abmagazine.accaglobal.com/global/article… @NKCAfrica
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