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Workers bear the brunt of Chinese investments in Southern Africa

There is increased reliance on confidential contracts between Chinese lenders and African borrowers which has prevented citizens from knowing the terms and

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Nigeria: Sachetising Africa’s largest economy

High poverty and inflation rates in Nigeria are leading many businesses, including those in tech, to adopt sachet marketing to survive.

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Ghana’s ballooning debt: the pros and cons of borrowing abroad versus at home

Since 2013, Ghana's external debt has been greater than its domestic debt. As of March 2022, the total debt stock was US$55

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Zimbabwe’s inflation is quickening again and as before, the central bank is the culprit

In Zimbabwe, equities are one of the few asset classes to own when you have an unstable monetary policy

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The IMF’s comeback across Africa

COVID-19 and the Ukraine war have set the scene for rapprochement and a new era of engagement.

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Saving the Zimdollar, and nuking the banks!

The suspension of credit will have a nuclear-bomb effect on solvency of geared corporates

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Policies must reflect why Zimbabwe’s small tobacco farmers use trees for firewood

Poor people’s energy poverty is an outcome of a web of relationships between the state and the market, where there is an

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Can Africa unite?

As African heads of state and government meet with their European counterparts to discuss how to deepen relations between the two continents,

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Why forex trading is exploding exponentially in Africa

Forex trading has long been an immensely popular means for traders and investors around the world to grow their wealth by taking

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African ingenuity and resilience of the ‘Kayayie’ in the streets of Accra

It is a common sight within the clustering population of urban Accra to see female-head-porters known in Ghanaian parlance as ‘Kayayie’ carrying

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