Report post Oct 21, 2021 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Debt restructuring talk targets private creditors While the G20 advocate for a recalibration of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s pandemic management support, reforms and more comprehensive solutions to debt problems Anne Frühauf, Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Oct 19, 2021 COTE D’IVOIRE: Gbago’s new party reshuffles Ivorian politics Over the weekend of 16/17 October, former president Laurent Gbagbo (76) officially launched his new African People’s Party of Ivory Coast (PPA-CI) in Abidjan. Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Oct 07, 2021 NIGERIA: Buhari’s final full-year budget stays true to form On 7 October, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2022 appropriation bill to both houses of the national assembly. In some respects, the draft budget Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Sep 30, 2021 GUINEA: Miners’ ‘selective review’ risks persist amid transition charter On 27 September, the junta led by Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya issued a ‘transition charter’ outlining the guiding principles, institutions, and mechanisms governing the transition Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Sep 21, 2021 NIGERIA: Goodluck Jonathan’s potential comeback Rumors that former president Goodluck Jonathan (2010-2015) may soon be defecting from his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Sep 15, 2021 NIGERIA: How FX scarcity, VAT spat point to 2023 As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues to clamp down on USD sales in the parallel market, the soaring demand for the greenback Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Sep 08, 2021 GUINEA: Following coup d’etat, miners face medium-term risks On 5 September, special forces soldiers led by Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya arrested President Alpha Conde. During a subsequent broadcast on state TV, the putschists Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Aug 26, 2021 KENYA: Constitutional referendum dead, presidential succession less certain On 20 August, the Court of Appeal upheld a high court ruling declaring several aspects of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) unconstitutional. The ruling Anne Frühauf, Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Aug 23, 2021 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMF SDRs – trickle-down or redistribution? The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) remains inadequate vis-a-vis the region’s external financing needs. Yet, the debate on Anne Frühauf, Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
Report post Aug 19, 2021 NIGERIA: As PIB becomes PIA, fuel subsidy will test reform efforts’ seriousness On 18 August, President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated a steering committee to see through the implementation over the next 12 months of the Petroleum Industry Malte Liewerscheidt Teneo
