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1 – 6 of 6The World Bank’s 2017 Ease of Doing Business ranking shows Tanzania improving, moving up to 132nd place from 144 last year. However, an austerity drive and a crackdown on tax…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217479
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The news will be noted in East Africa, where Total’s acquisition of Maersk Oil in August adds Kenya’s onshore oil reserves to its regional portfolio. However, expectations that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224689
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That is well above the less than 1% average growth rate over the past eight years but little more than half the IMF’s forecast for global recovery, reflecting South Africa’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260834
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Crucial to the new framework's success will be the ongoing overhaul of state-owned oil company Sonangol, alongside an oil price recovery, as well as politically contentious fuel…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258516
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Yet worsening macroeconomic conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a fall in oil prices and declining foreign currency reserves, have forced President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256558
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The run-up to tomorrow's elections has been marred by increasing violence and intimidation of opposition parties, FRELIMO’s inappropriate use of state resources and the exclusion…