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Tunisia’s government is looking to double economic growth, slash its budget deficit and revise some currency restrictions in an effort to revive its struggling economy.
Prime Minister Yousef El-Shahed told parliament the government seeks to raise economic growth to 5 …
Continue readingTunisia’s Parliament has adopted a hotly disputed law giving amnesty to thousands of people linked to corruption under its former authoritarian regime.
Hundreds of demonstrators protested outside the legislature saying they fear a return to Tunisia’s pre-Arab Spring past. After …
Continue readingEgyptian policy makers are weighing plans to raise 1.5 billion euros from the country’s first sale of euro-denominated bonds, Finance Minister Amr El-Garhy said. The possible sale would happen before the end of November, El-Garhy told Bloomberg News in the …
Continue readingAFTER having been the poster child of sound fiscal practice for a number of years, South Africa’s government finances have experienced a precipitous decline since 2009 into an abyss it will take many years from which to escape.
As a …
Continue readingThe head of South Africa’s state-owned pension fund dismissed as spurious allegations made by a newspaper on Friday that he had misused funds and improperly raised salaries for some executives.
Daniel Matjila has been chief executive officer of Public Investment …
Continue readingSeán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg
The South African government is said to be seriously considering selling its stake in telecommunication firm, Telkom, in order to save the troubled South African Airways (SAA). This has brought back debates …
Continue readingStudents for Liberty is the largest student movement for liberty in the world! SFL is a movement of young advocates for liberty and free markets. This year African Students for Liberty shall host a series of conferences between October and …
Continue readingCorruption is defined as the illegitimate use of power to benefit a private interest (Morris 1991). That word is second nature to Nigerians. It follows us as a leech wherever we go, well stuck to our necks for all to …
Continue readingNigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, says the federal executive council has agreed to concession the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. He made this known on Monday while speaking at the fifth edition of the presidential quarterly …
Continue readingWhen in January 2012 millions of Nigerians trooped out to protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the conversation – as it often is in Africa’s most populous nation – was overshadowed by the prevalent …
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