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Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
Algeria – Weak currency and drought fuel food price inflation. Ghana – Commitment to local vaccine production as cases rise. Ghana – Central bank holds steady on rates front. South Africa – Unrest and...
Talking Point: Algeria – Weak currency and drought fuel food price inflation
The National Statistics Office (ONS) brought out a slew of inflation data releases this month. The data shows that consumer price index (CPI) inflation jumped to 5.7% y-o-y in April – the highest y-o-...
Talking Point: Ghana – Commitment to local vaccine production as cases rise
The more transmissible Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus has been driving up infections in Ghana over the past few weeks, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo. During a state broadcast on Sunday,...
Talking Point: South Africa – Unrest and lockdown measures weigh on GDP outlook
The South African economy’s better-than-expected start to the year has been ruined by recent events. Specifically, the third wave of Covid-19 infections and subsequent containment measures put in plac...
Growth still seen at 3.1% but recovery remains fragile
After surprising to the upside in Q1 2021, indications are that economic activity is slowing and the recovery is yet to gain real traction. Oil output is trending around multi-decade lows and a challe...
Talking Point: South Africa – Majority of public sector unions accept wage deal
The marathon negotiations over a new public sector wage agreement appears to be coming to a conclusion with the majority of public sector labour unions acquiescing to government’s offer. This followed...
Talking Point: Tunisia – The day after Saïed’s power grab
The implications of President Kaïs Saïed’s constitutionally dubious power grab in the evening of Sunday, July 25 – sacking Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspending Parliament for 30 days – have b...
Talking Point: Tanzania – FX reserves rise, import cover above SADC benchmark
Foreign exchange (FX) reserves rose by 3.7% m-o-m to $5.2bn at the end of May 2021, according to figures provided by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT). FX reserves were sufficient to cover 6.1 months of impo...
Talking Point: Tanzania – US-donated vaccines arrived in Dar es Salaam
On Saturday, July 24, Tanzania received more than one million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine from the US. In partnership with the AU and Covax, the US is donating 25 million doses of...
Talking Point: Ghana – Central bank holds steady on rates front
During its 101st press conference on Monday, July 26, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) announced that it had decided to keep the policy rate steady at 13.5%.
SA Daily Economic Report: Morning market update
SA growth forecast revised lower ZAR trades somewhat firmer US new home prices fall, but not enough to lift sales EUR strengthens, but Covid-fears remain present
Fixed Income Daily: Bond market and currency metrics for African capital markets
Tunisia - Hard currency bonds fell as analysts debate the constitutionality of President Saïed’s actions over the weekend. The added hurdle in the path of a much-needed IMF loan and evaporating extern...
Daily Africa Insight: An overview of today’s key events and developments
eSwatini – CBE follows in the Sarb’s footsteps. Ethiopia – Afar region mobilises in response to TDF advance. South Africa – Return to level 3 restrictions and social relief measures. Tanzania – Centra...
Talking Point: Ethiopia – Afar region mobilises in response to TDF advance
The president of Ethiopia’s Afar region, Awol Arba, emulated his counterpart in Amhara by mobilising all available forces to stem an advance by the Tigray Defence Force (TDF), saying on Friday, July 2...
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.#Egypt's Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) came in at 49.9 points in June, up slightly from 48.6 points in May. Although this marks an improvement, the index remains slightly below the 50-point level, signalling a continued contraction in the non-oil sector.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tells #Ethiopia's parliament that federal troops completed a strategic withdrawal from Tigray rather than being displaced by a rebel advance. Meanwhile, the TPLF has laid out the conditions for it to accept a ceasefire.
.#Kenya PMI came in at 51 in June, down from the 52.5 recorded the month before.
.#Lesotho’s economy contracted by 13.8% in Q1 2021 compared with a contraction of 9.4% in Q4 2020, as stricter lockdown restrictions in January take their toll.
Violent pro-democracy protests have rocked the kingdom of #eSwatini for a week now. The state has muzzled the media and imposed an internet shutdown, making reporting on the situation difficult. Dozens of people have reportedly been killed.
Private sector sentiment declined to a 14-month low in #Ghana in June. This deterioration is largely due to rising cost pressures as fuel, transportation and wage costs in the country continue to rise.
As #Namibia suffers through a terrible third wave of #Covid19, credit extension growth and other high-frequency economic indicators have remained lacklustre in the first five months of 2021, which dims the growth outlook for this year.
Due to the imposition of a 42-day lockdown in #Uganda its private sector activity nosedived in June as measured in the latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI).
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