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Kenya’s IMF programme will help close financing gap

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KENYA

Facing a worsening fiscal situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic but reluctant to participate in G20 debt restructuring, Kenya arguably had few other options than to apply for new…

Political value of social media will rise in Africa

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AFRICA

Relatively low internet penetration rates (an average of 40% across the continent) and stark differences in digital access within and across states mask social media’s increasing…

Cash crisis clouds Uganda’s economic outlook

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UGANDA

The government has been on a borrowing spree, taking on increasingly expensive loans to address a cash crisis that has affected government service delivery and salary payments…

Purges will hamper South Africa's anti-graft agencies

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SOUTH AFRICA

Dismissals in South Africa's anti-graft agencies.

Fiscal woes to stymie South Africa's new health plan

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SOUTH AFRICA

Outlook for public health policy in South Africa.

South African health plan will prompt more controversy

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SOUTH AFRICA

National Health Insurance (NHI).

Mozambique gas dividend may offer some fiscal relief

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MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique economic update.

Weak policing hampers South Africa’s crime response

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SOUTH AFRICA

However, the policing response has been beset by deficiencies of leadership, resources and policies, compounded by structural weaknesses that are the legacy of state capture.

South African monopoly plan faces competing interests

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SOUTH AFRICA

The proposed overhaul, prompted in part by populist sentiment against so-called ‘white monopoly capital’, aims to facilitate competition and open the economy to smaller…

Uganda energy moves pose risks for the president

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UGANDA

Political economy of energy in Uganda.