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Somalia faces long road to economic reconstruction

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SOMALIA

Despite the government’s genuine efforts to implement policy reforms, low to non-existent institutional capacity will continue to impede the emergence of a more formalised…

South Africa will struggle to tame xenophobic violence

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SOUTH AFRICA

Some twelve people have now been killed in related unrest over the past week, principally in Gauteng province, with over 400 individuals arrested. Foreign-born Africans and their…

Kenya’s Hustler Fund may survive early challenges

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KENYA

The fund is an ambitious, complex and unorthodox approach to boosting financial inclusion and providing credit to citizens and small businesses, but it is not uncontroversial.

African impact investment will need more local content

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AFRICA

Impact investment in Africa.

Nigerian banks will struggle to repeat 2017 results

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NIGERIA

Nigerian banking sector.

Namibia leader's radical policies to worry investors

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NAMIBIA

Outlook for the Namibian government's policy programme.

Kenya-South Africa airline merger may stabilise sector

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KENYA-SOUTH AFRICA

One of the items reportedly on the agenda was a proposed partnership between the two countries’ ailing national carriers, South Africa Airways (SAA) and Kenya Airways (KQ), in an…

Police woes to exacerbate South Africa's crime problem

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SOUTH AFRICA

Outlook for crime and policing in South Africa.

South Africa will tread water with 'austerity' budget

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SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa's national budget.

Expanding East African tax base will face resistance

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EAST AFRICA

Member states' national budgets include plans to increase taxation of the informal economy. Governments have several reasons for broadening tax bases: budget deficits, increasing…