Battle Of Adwa – Not First Battle Victory of Blacks Over White Colonisers But...
Ethiopia has been celebrating the Battle of Adwa when Menelik II and his troops took apart an Italian army trying to invade the country....
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...
There’s White Supremacy And Then There’s Stupidity
Of course, we'd describe neo-Nazi white supremacy as idiocy anyway but it's rather nice when they come right out and prove it all over...
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...
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...
Weird Claims In Uganda – The Phone Company Was Wiretapping The Government
All things are possible of course but this one does sound more than a little odd. A mobile telecoms company in Uganda was wiretapping...
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...
Of Course Kraft Heinz Bonds Did Better Than Stocks, Seriously, Good Grief
In the annals of investment reporting this comes along as one of those no stercore* Sherlock moments. The bonds didn't fall as far as...
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...