Zimbabwe Needs To Be Clear – There Was No Shortage Of Foreign Currency
Matters are obviously going to be better now that the RTGS system is trading at market prices, as determined by the interplay of bank...
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...
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...
Tanzania’s Idiot Micromanagement Of The Economy – Sugar Imports Edition
There are indeed legitimate functions for the government to perform in a modern economy. There are even ones useful enough in one still not...
How Addis Ababa Should Profit From The New River Development Project
Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, is committing to cleaning up two of the riversides that flow through the city. That might be good, that might...
Mozambique’s Tuna Bonds Are Coming Home To Roost
One of the most outrageous, barefaced even, bits of stealing from the public purse was the story of Mozambique and the Tuna Bonds. The...
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...
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...
No Surprise – Only 2% Of Ghana’s Informal Economy Pays Tax
We'd not be all that surprised by this finding, that only 2% of Ghana's informal economy coughs up the tax due. It's pretty much...
Maurice Ampaw’s Menzgold Car – EOCO Is Right, That’s Not How Ponzis Are Cleaned...
The lawyer Maurice Ampaw has an interesting claim as to why he shouldn't have to give back the Toyota Land Cruiser he got from...