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Consumption will remain China's key growth driver

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CHINA

Officials announced science and technology innovation as the top priority for 2024. The overall tone was supportive of economic growth, with announcements including backing for…

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…

Ethiopia’s homegrown economic reforms face challenges

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ETHIOPIA

Outlook for Ethiopia's economic reform agenda.

New investments will not stabilise Ethiopia’s economy

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ETHIOPIA

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…

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…

Brazil infrastructure investments will fall far short

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BRAZIL

Public investment in Brazilian infrastructure has declined in recent years, given the government’s fiscal constraints. President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration favours…

Economic plans may not stir South African government

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SOUTH AFRICA

Amid a surge of COVID-19 infections, however, the government appears focused on the health rather than the economic aspects of the crisis.

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…

Political priorities mar Angolan diversification goals

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ANGOLA

The dos Santos administration ostensibly prioritises developing non-oil industries to increase macroeconomic resilience. Initiatives to date have been insubstantial, ineffective…

Prospects for Southern Africa in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for Southern Africa in 2018