The Merits Of A State Run Electricity Grid
As we all know having he government run the monopoly electricity grid is a no brainer. Why should private capitalists be able to make...
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...
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...
Why Not Prosecute NAM1? The Menzgold Money Has Gone Already Anyway
We have a warning that a criminal prosecution of NAM1 in the Menzgold case isn't the way to go - this being an error...
There’s A Simple Solution To Ghana’s Bus Woes – Raise The Fares
Ghana is suffering a problem which has a very simple indeed solution. Well, it's simple to say, simple in economics, the politics of it...
Ghana’s Databank Could Be All Sorts Of Things But It’s Not Menzgold
A claim that Databank is the next Menzgold and that therefore the authorities should move in and take it over to protect depositors' funds....
The True Skinny – Fayulu Won DR Congo Election, Beating Both Of Kabila’s Substitutes
What happens next in the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo is going to be interesting. The true skinny, the informed word on...
There’s A Simple Solution To Ethiopia’s Low Coffee Prices
It is entirely true that coffee growers in poor places don't receive very much from the sale of a cup of java in a...
Dantata Success and Profitable Company – Yes, This Is A Ponzi Scheme In Nigeria
Whether something's a good or a bad investment is one thing but whether something's a ponzi scheme - as we'd suggest Dantata Success and...
Tanzania’s Magufuli – Rightly – Won’t Let The IMF Publish Economic Report
Tanzania's President, John Magufuli, won't allow the International Monetary Fund to publish their usual report on the economy of that country. Quite rightly too...