by Afshin Molavi | Apr 24, 2020 | Africa Business, Coronavirus/Covid-19, East Africa, NewPost, North Africa Commerce/Economy, Original Articles
Two recent articles on Sudan, one in the New York Times and the other in Asharq Al-Awsat, highlight the immense challenges faced by the East African country over the next year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the IMF, Sudan faces a 7.2% economic contraction...
by root | Apr 22, 2020 | Africa Business, Africa Commercial Telegraph Weekly, NewPost
Top business stories from Sub-Saharan Africa from the pages of the regional press – April 22 South African Airways – “South African Airways (SAA) is set to lay off all of its employees at the end of April. A document detailing the airline’s severance...
by root | Apr 15, 2020 | Africa Business, Africa Commercial Telegraph Weekly, NewPost
Top business stories from Sub-Saharan Africa from the pages of the regional press – April 15 Regional Forecast – “The global coronavirus pandemic is going to send Africa into its first recession in 25 years, as economies get battered by lockdowns....
by root | Apr 8, 2020 | Africa Business, Africa Commercial Telegraph Weekly, NewPost
Top business stories from Sub-Saharan Africa from the pages of the regional press – April 8 Nigeria/Shell – “International oil major, Royal Dutch Shell, and its subsidiaries paid the Federal Government of Nigeria over $5.6 billion which, at the...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 17, 2019 | Africa Business, Development, Emerging Markets, NewPost
Aubrey Hruby and Gyude Moore are two of the smartest Africa and frontier market thinkers in the business today. They have joined hands to launch a new podcast – NewThink. The podcast, described as a place for “radical ideas for economic development in...
by Afshin Molavi | Aug 19, 2019 | Africa Business, China Economy, Development, Emerging Markets, Globalization, Indian Ocean-istan, NewPost, North Africa Commerce/Economy, Original Articles, Trade, West Asia Economies
In my latest syndicated column published by Asia Times, I point to a unique confluence of events that can potentially give the Middle East and North Africa region – namely three states, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE — outsized influence in the shaping...
