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1 – 10 of 80Islamabad now seeks a larger, longer-term bailout programme with the Fund. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has suggested that a staff-level agreement on such a package could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286930
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SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh seeks to expand revenue streams
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286601
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Nairobi also says it expects a US-Kenya free trade agreement (FTA) to be finalised by April 2024, while the government has promised various tax and other incentives to foreign…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280414
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ETHIOPIA: Mobile money license aids both parties
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES278976
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However, growing concern over graft in the country does not appear to have hit President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s popularity. Just days before that latest CPI came out, the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276081
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These limit weekly cash withdrawals from banks to NGN500,000 (USD1,072) for individuals and to NGN5mn for businesses. One aim of the new policy is to drive an increase in digital…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275806
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ETHIOPIA: Safaricom entry will mark telecoms milestone
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES273219
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This is in line with a strategy of slow-paced economic liberalisation in place since 2017. The announcement sparked an uptick in local and international investor interest in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270256
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ETHIOPIA: New investments will not stabilise economy
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES267994
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The government hopes to benefit from the flattening of the COVID-19 pandemic and a relative calm in the Tigray conflict to push ahead with its flagship privatisation programme…