Egypt’s Very Silly Decision To Grow More Rice
It's not particularly the decision here itself which is wrong as Egypt plans to grow more rice to cut the import bill. It's the...
Zimbabwe’s Econet Beats $100 Million Tax Evasion Rap
Given the thuggish manner the Zimbabwean economy was being run back in 2013 - by thugs, obviously - it's not a great surprise that...
Zimbabwe’s One Sensible Economic Move – Abolishing The Special Exchange Rate For Fuel Purchases
Something that's just so hard to get across to people is that special exemptions and treatments for certain parts of the economy just don't...
Uganda Might Have A Debt Problem But It’s Not Going To Be A Large...
It's always entirely possible that a developing country can have a debt problem. For there are those cautionary tales of places which manage to...
Fair Complaint, Zimbabwe Is Ripping Off The Tobacco Farmers
We can talk about killing the golden goose, we can use the more formal economic terms of having short term preferences, we can even...
My, Isn’t Tanzania Fighting Against Fake News – Censorship As The Citizen Closed
What we might call fake news - that Katie Price is about to marry the Duke of Edinburgh - and what the authorities call...
Tanzania’s Shakedown Of Acacia Mining Might Work – In The Short Term
Tanzania's pursuit of Acacia Mining - the lies over gold contents and taxation - looks like it might work in the short term. That...
Zimbabwe Kills Black Empowerment Mining Ownership Limits In Pursuit Of Capital
Zimbabwe has insisted that platinum mines should have significant local ownership as part of a policy of black empowerment. The problem with this being...
We Know What This Looks Like – Ruto’s Amaco Gains KPC Insurance Contract In...
Kenya doesn't have the greatest reputation as a place where there is no corruption, no looting of the state coffers. That reputation is perhaps...
Zimbabwe’s VP Goes Beserk And Attacks Wife With Axe, Takes Cars
Foreign countries are, well, they're foreign, as we understand with this story from Zimbabwe. The current Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, has apparently turned up...