Strive Masiyiwa Is Right, Zimbabwe Should Price In SA Rand – Anything But Zim$
The precise details of this call for Zimbabwean businesses to price in South African Rand, put forward by Strive Masiyiwa, might not be entirely...
The New Zim $ Doesn’t Cut Worker’s Wages – It Recognises Past Cuts
It's terribly important to understand the difference between nominal and real prices changes - as here with Zimbabwe's new currency system. When expressed in...
Ethiopia’s Basic Problem, The Exchange Rate Is Too High – So Float it
We could say a lot of things abut the economy of Ethiopia - it takes time to recover from the imposition of idiot socialism...
$45 Million in Forex Shows How Trivial Zimbabwe’s Economy Has Become
If you'd like a vision of the Ozymandian achievements of Robert Mugabe then here's a number for you. The central bank governor is boasting...
Hilarity In Ethiopia – Statistically Carless Country Has Car Free Day
This little story brought more than just the one gurgle, snort. Ethiopia is one of the poorer places on the planet - getting richer,...
Botswana’s Elephant Problem – Just How Do You Make Wild Elephants Valuable?
Things that human beings find valuable tend to increase in number, things that humans find valueless tend to decrease. Things that humans find costly...
Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom Privatisation – Capitalism And Getting The Money Now
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has been known to say that the governing system in that country is now capitalism. Leaving aside that that's...
Zimbabwe Tries The Venezuela Tactic On Bread Prices – Won’t Work There Either
That Zimbabwe's economy isn't doing well is obvious. That Venezuela's ditto is ditto. Which doesn't bode well for Zimbabwe adopting an economic tactic from...
Zimbabwe’s Riots, Fuel Tax Rises And Internet Shutdown
Zimbabwe seems to have jumped from the frying pan to the fire here with that change from Robert Mugabe over to President Emmerson Mnangagwa....
A Fun Suggestion – Circumcise All Tanzanian MPs
There's a certain element of tongue in cheekiness to this suggestion - or perhaps it's simply to make a political point. The idea is...