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...
South Africa’s Transnet – Beware State Ownership And Political Management
Transnet is the government owned parastatal transport company in South Africa - railways ports, that sort of thing. Current allegations are that the management...
As Ponzi Schemes Go Ghana’s Menzgold Was Pretty Small
This is actually something of a surprise, that the recently collapsed Ponzi scheme in Ghana, Menzgold, was so small. For there are really only...
Zimbabwe’s Real Riots Problem – Modern Monetary Theory Strikes Again
That Zimbabwe hasn't been well ruled since, oooh, 1965 is both obvious and well known. But it's the quite how the ruling has been...
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...
As Uganda Finds Out, Demanding National Broadband Costs Money In Reduced MTN Fees
Entirely so, of course we'd just love to have complete and clear national coverage for voice and mobile internet. Even, for broadband over mobile....
Zimbabwe’s Problem With Digital Payments – Shutting Down Social Media Turns Off The Lights
As we mentioned earlier today Zimbabwe's got a problem with voter unhappiness with the current government - more specifically, about the place having some...
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....
Kenya’s Very Silly Ban On Second Hand Car Imports
Kenya has a strange - silly even - ban on the import of certain second hand cars. Even if we accept - which we...
IRA Financing Techniques Turn Up In Oromo, Ethiopia – Bank Robberies
It would appear that some of those old Irish Republican Army financing techniques have been turning up in the Oromo region of Ethiopia -...