Category: Editors Desk
Making the continental free trade area work is a mountain before us – traders don’t realise this
It is now one year since the Africa Continental Free Trade Area was supposed to start with...
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We need to keep an eye on US inflation. The ramifications for Africa are enormous
Inflation in the USA is scaring the pants off investors after this week’s data shows the highest...
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Let’s Talk Business on Radio Energy
https://economist.com.na/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Econo-LTB-episode-1_13oct21.mp4 Let’s...
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Must a child die in a manhole before the City admits its public liability?
The case of the toddler drowning in a pit latrine in South Africa seven years ago, was finally...
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Data can be the next oil for Africa, but you still need a place to store it
A World Economic Forum panel discussion broadcast from Cape Town in September 2019 talked at...
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When people do not have enough food, AU political aspirations become irrelevant
Unbeknownst to most Namibians, the southern parts of Angola did not share the good rains which...
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If we cannot pay for something that promotes trade, how are we ever going to get rid of all the stuff that prevents trade?
An agency in Zimbabwe wants to advertise on behalf of a regional client in the Economist. We are...
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Failing to bring its wage bill under control, the government now has access to the ideal instrument to reduce its personnel expenditure
It is almost a year since the statistics agency published the first Government Wage Index but...
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You have to be nuts to bring Africa the type and the volumes of capital she needs for the next 100 years
A concept that is so simple but at the same time so meaningful, crossed my desk this week. At...
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JSE All Share index now 11% higher than at beginning of 2020
On Wednesday 02 June 2021, the All Share index (ALSI) on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange...
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The trend in non-performing loans hints at an avalanche bearing down on the private sector
The economic picture that emerges from an analysis of first calendar quarter data is not very...
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Digging in central bank data revealed some unexpected signs of economic improvement
Liquidity in the banking sector has staged a remarkable comeback over the past month, to the...
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