The Sequester – What Actually Got Cut?
Everyone who has access to a computer, TV, radio transmitter, or really just has one working ear has heard about the sequester. But now that the dust settled, its not entirely clear what happened....
View ArticleWill ‘Financial Mismanagement’ Compromise Ghana’s Good Name?
From The Guardian Ghana has a reputation as a poster-child for democracy and a haven of stability in west Africa. The international community has form in simplifying the image of west African countries...
View ArticleMorocco Announces Spending Cuts Of $1.2 Billion
Morocco is cutting back. The government will slash its 2013 investment spending by at least $1.2 billion to keep the budget deficit close to 5.5 percent of gross domestic product as promised to...
View ArticleKenya President Uhuru Kenyatta Accused of Disregarding Budget Cuts
Written by Alphonce Shiundu | From Standard Digital News President Uhuru Kenyatta has flouted his government’s own ban on posh retreats in luxury hotels after he hauled all his Cabinet secretaries and...
View ArticleAfrican Countries With The Highest Debt
Many African countries rely heavily on international loans to sustain their economies, and are forced to rack up unsustainable levels of debt to do so. The following African countries hold the highest...
View ArticleFinance Minister: ‘Liberia Is In A Recession’
From a Bloomberg report in BusinessDayLive. Liberia has entered a recession and the government needs to curb spending as the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak in West Africa has hampered agriculture and...
View ArticleHow Spending $1.75B Will Propel Cameroon’s Economic Growth
From Reuters Africa Cameroon will spend an extra 925 billion CFA francs ($1.75 billion) over three years to boost economic growth, the government said after the first cabinet meeting presided over by...
View ArticleMozambique Limits Money Leaving The Country
Mozambique’s currency plunge made it Africa’s second-worst performer in 2015, and the government wants to slow the flow of foreign-exchange out of the country by limiting what citizens can spend abroad...
View ArticleOpinion: South Africans Must Spend Less, Save More, Take Care Of Micro Economics
South Africans are spending too much of their household income, not saving enough, and that’s hurting the overall economy, according to a report in Moneyweb by Hanna Ziady.Promoting household savings...
View ArticleOne Of The Biggest Misconceptions About Equatorial Guinea: No Infrastructure
Equatorial Guinea is not the easiest place to get to, or the easiest place to understand. It’s Africa’s only Spanish-speaking country. Arriving flights generally include half foreigners and half...
View ArticleThe Anglos Are Coming To Francophone Africa With An Appetite For Investment
Sometimes political jokes can reveal a world view. A couple weeks back in the Istanbul airport, a Nigerian inquired about my final destination. Mauritania and Senegal, I responded. In a deep voice, the...
View ArticleWill ‘Financial Mismanagement’ Compromise Ghana’s Good Name?
From The Guardian Ghana has a reputation as a poster-child for democracy and a haven of stability in west Africa. The international community has form in simplifying the image of west African countries...
View ArticleMorocco Announces Spending Cuts Of $1.2 Billion
Morocco is cutting back. The government will slash its 2013 investment spending by at least $1.2 billion to keep the budget deficit close to 5.5 percent of gross domestic product as promised to...
View ArticleKenya President Uhuru Kenyatta Accused of Disregarding Budget Cuts
Written by Alphonce Shiundu | From Standard Digital News President Uhuru Kenyatta has flouted his government’s own ban on posh retreats in luxury hotels after he hauled all his Cabinet secretaries and...
View ArticleAfrican Countries With The Highest Debt
Many African countries rely heavily on international loans to sustain their economies, and are forced to rack up unsustainable levels of debt to do so. The following African countries hold the highest...
View ArticleFinance Minister: ‘Liberia Is In A Recession’
From a Bloomberg report in BusinessDayLive. Liberia has entered a recession and the government needs to curb spending as the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak in West Africa has hampered agriculture and...
View ArticleHow Spending $1.75B Will Propel Cameroon’s Economic Growth
From Reuters Africa Cameroon will spend an extra 925 billion CFA francs ($1.75 billion) over three years to boost economic growth, the government said after the first cabinet meeting presided over by...
View ArticleMozambique Limits Money Leaving The Country
Mozambique’s currency plunge made it Africa’s second-worst performer in 2015, and the government wants to slow the flow of foreign-exchange out of the country by limiting what citizens can spend abroad...
View ArticleOpinion: South Africans Must Spend Less, Save More, Take Care Of Micro Economics
South Africans are spending too much of their household income, not saving enough, and that’s hurting the overall economy, according to a report in Moneyweb by Hanna Ziady. Promoting household savings...
View ArticleOne Of The Biggest Misconceptions About Equatorial Guinea: No Infrastructure
Equatorial Guinea is not the easiest place to get to, or the easiest place to understand. It’s Africa’s only Spanish-speaking country. Arriving flights generally include half foreigners and half...
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