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Rafiq Raji
Who should decide a central bank’s mandate?
Stop feeding me your English from London…mfana wami ”. Not my words. They are Jacob Zuma’s, the South African…
Time to unify exchange rates
With their trading volumes clearly being hurt by the increased interventions of the central bank in the foreign…
On the Ugandan economy
Growth this year would not likely be as robust as earlier expected. This much has been acknowledged by the…
Can Africa win Trump over?
In mid-May, at the Africa Finance Corporation’s 10th year anniversary infrastructure summit (“AFC Live 2017”) held…
Doing Business: Can Nigeria replicate the Singapore…
It is undeniable that there is a correlation between a country’s business environment, foreign direct investment…
Nigeria likely out of recession; SARB, CBN & CBK to…
Nigerian economy likely out of recession in Q1 2017
Growth was -1.5 percent in 2016, same as my forecast. (See…
The Osinbajo imperatives
Evil men are forever in bondage of their schemes. Just when they think victory is within their very grasp, that…
The Buhari dilemma
After Friday Muslim congregational prayers last week, as I was waiting for just the right “danfo” – local parlance…
The Malikane Proposals
Much dust has been raised over increasingly louder calls for more economic equality in South Africa. If a country’s…
Abuse of state power
If we are not a nation of laws, what are we? What is the point of legislation if ultimately it can only have teeth…
Release Hichilema
In the week just past, Hakainde Hichilema – leader of Zambia’s main opposition party, the United Party for National…
Who will save South Africa?
Angst against Jacob Zuma, the embattled South African president who faced perhaps the strongest show of displeasure…