Not Worth the Weight
The globally positive cross-country relationship between the prevalence of obesity and Covid19 fatalities is also replicated across the...
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Week In Review
In the week of International Women's Day our highlight was Guyana topping the Caribbean in terms of laws and regulations that boost...
Nigeria leads
Last week saw Nigeria top the ranks of nations using the internet to search for information about Bitcoin. A few neighbours also made the...
Week in Numbers
Our stat of the week showed Nigeria's 2020Q4 GDP rebound from recession driven by the non-oil sector which expanded by 1.7% y/y,...
Nigeria's central bank stretches credibility
No sign of a peak in Nigeria's inflation rate which rose for the 17th month in a row to 16.5% (fastest pace since April 2017) in January....
Bank of Uganda holds pat
No surprise that the Bank of #Uganda kept the benchmark policy rate at 7% today as the recession intensified in 2020Q3 and inflation...
Week In Numbers
The incredible 2002Q2 spike in the Bajan unemployment claims, to > 10x average, underlined how much the concomitant drop in tourist...
Policy Puzzle
Among the African nations with an inflation targeting regime those with a target band (including Nigeria & South Africa) are IMF-expected...
100m & Rising
Pandemic cases stand at a little above 100m with 2.1m tragic fatalities and an unknown number of long-run associated morbidities. The...
Week In Numbers
With the second Covid-19 already much more aggressive than the first, it should not come as a surprise that 80% of Africans are positive...
Covid19 cases still climbing fast across Africa
Cases are up by 20% since the end of 2020 with the largest percentage increases concentrated, mainly, among smaller nations.
Week in Review 2021 #1
Upside news from Uganda & Kenya. Look for inflation prints from Ghana & Nigeria, retail sales from South Africa and Q3 GDP for Kenya next...
5m caseload in Africa by Spring
The second wave began in late September when the 7-day moving averages for the change in both caseloads and fatalities stood at around 8k...
Continental Stride
Congratulations are due today for the start of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Renowned African economist,...
Caribbean: Has the second wave peaked?
The second wave of cases across the Caribbean shows tentative signs of flattening at around 1500 new cases per day. Meanwhile, fatalities...