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Rafiq Raji
Reflections on Obama (1): Caution as courage
As the sun sets on Barack Obama’s presidency, questions are already being raised about what he really achieved.…
Will Nigeria get out of recession in Q1-2017?
I think so. The headline growth figure is a year-on-year metric. Surely it is not unreasonable to reckon the…
For Africa in 2017, watch the politics
Just a few weeks before the New Year, events are already shaping up towards what may be a politically tense 2017.…
Negotiating Jammeh out
Yahya Jammeh, hopefully Gambia’s outgoing president, surprisingly conceded defeat after losing elections held on 1…
Make a fuss. It’s your economy too
This week, I share edited views I presented on the state of the Nigerian economy and outlook for 2017, at the…
Ghana polls could go either way
After the astonishingly heartening dramatic turn of events in The Gambia last week - longstanding incumbent…
That Gambian election. And will SA get another reprieve?
Gambians go to the polls to elect a president on 1 December, another sham probably. Yahya Jammeh, the country’s…
Tight policy by CBN & SARB to continue
Central banks at Africa’s two largest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, are meeting this week to decide on…
Bank of Zambia should cut rates
In my column of 9 August 2016 (“Zambians and their central bank decide”), I made a case for the Bank of Zambia…
Yes, I’m with her
Americans go to the polls today (8 November), most of them that is; some already cast their ballots in early…
Politics may trump mini budget
South Africa’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivers the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) –…
In the name of the law. And the spirit?
The judiciary in Africa’s largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, has been in the spotlight lately. The…