AfDB Projects Guinea Growth Above 9%, But Flags a Financing...

Macro-Strategy.Guinea: Conakry Groups Its 30 Ministries Into Four Blocks to Test Execution Capacity for Simandou 2040

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Macro-Strategy.Muhoozi’s 2031 Bid Signals Early Positioning in Uganda’s Succession Question

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Macro-Strategy.Can Regulatory Recognition Turn Burkina Faso’s Traditional Medicine Sector Into a Formal Health Pillar?

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Macro-Strategy.AES Confederal Parliament Opens First Joint Session in Niamey

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Macro-Strategy.Guinea Redraws Its Map Around Mining Corridors: What the New Prefectures Signal

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South Africa’s Business-Government Partnership Moves to Phase 3, Adds Mining...

South Africa’s government-business partnership, credited with resolving load-shedding and supporting...

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Bah Oury’s Rentier Economy Warning: What a Digital Training Platform Launch Revealed About Guinea’s Simandou Governance Dilemma

ASINT / Macro Strategy The platform and what the Prime Minister used it to say On July 1, 2026, the Guinean government officially launched the digital pedagogical platform “Mon Espace CFFP,” developed by the Centre de Formation en Finances Publiques. The ceremony was presided by Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah, in the presence of Finance […]

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Guinea’s Finance Ministry Tightens the Spending Chain: What Four Reform Actions Signal About IMF Programme Readiness

ASINT / Macro Strategy The July sequence and what it covers In the first week of July 2026, Guinea’s Ministry of Economy, Finance and Budget produced three distinct public finance governance actions within four days. On July 1, the General Directorate of Taxes, the Confédération Générale des Entreprises de Guinée, and the Chambre de Commerce, […]

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Guinea’s Finance Ministry Tightens the Spending Chain: What Four Reform Actions Signal About IMF Programme Readiness

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The IMF Wraps Up in Conakry: What Two Weeks of Article IV Talks Produced and What Guinea Still Needs to Deliver

ASINT / Macro Strategy What the mission covered and how it closed The two-week IMF Article IV consultation mission to Guinea, led by Izabela Karpowicz as mission chief for Guinea and introduced by Wautabouna Ouattara, Guinea’s Executive Director at the IMF, concluded on or around June 30, 2026, having arrived in Conakry on June 15. […]

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Macro-Strategy.The IMF Wraps Up in Conakry: What Two Weeks of Article IV Talks Produced and What Guinea Still Needs to Deliver

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Senegal’s Parliament Passes Constitutional Reform Curbing Presidential Powers: Reading the Faye-Sonko Institutional Battle

ASINT / Macro Strategy The vote and what it contained On June 29, 2026, Senegal’s National Assembly adopted a constitutional amendment that expands parliamentary powers while reducing those of the president, in a vote marked by an opposition boycott, scuffles inside the chamber, and tear gas used against approximately 50 protesters who attempted to storm […]

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Senegal Opens the Door to Debt Renegotiation: What Sonko’s Exit Changes and What It Cannot Change

ASINT / Macro Strategy The rupture and its immediate market reading On May 22, 2026, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government following months of escalating tension over economic policy and the handling of Senegal’s debt crisis. On May 25, Faye named seasoned economist Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo, a […]

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Zambia’s Copper Borrowing Engine: What a Post-Default Debt Strategy Means When the Commodity It Depends On Is the Same One That Caused the Crisis

ASINT / Macro Strategy From default to buyback in five yearsIn November 2020, Zambia missed a $42.5 million...

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Nine African Teams in the Knockouts: What the 2026 World Cup Breakthrough Means for the Continent’s Football Capital Base

ASINT / Macro Strategy The historical break and what it measures Africa had a historic 10 nations qualify...

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CGE-GUI Calls for Stronger State-Business Partnership: Why Guinea’s Private Sector Wants a Seat in the Reform Cycle

Guinea’s private sector is asking for a more formal role in the country’s economic reform cycle. During its...

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Middle East Shock Hits Africa’s Outlook: Energy Prices, Fertilizer Costs and the New Macro Pressure Map

ASINT / Macro Strategy The economic shock from the Middle East conflict is now moving through Africa’s outlook...

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World Bank Lines Up Over $3bn for Guinea: Simandou 2040 Becomes the Country’s Macro Development Anchor

ASINT / Macro Strategy Guinea has received one of its clearest external endorsements since the Simandou production cycle...

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Nigeria’s Listed Champions Recover Pre-Devaluation Dollar Earnings: Reading a Three-Year Corporate Resilience Story

ASINT / Macro Strategy Three years after Nigeria’s naira float, a measurable milestone has been reached in the...

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Cameroon IMF Article IV 2026: 3.3% Growth, High Debt Distress Risk, and a Fiscal Reform Agenda Tied to Iron and Bauxite Export Revenue

On March 25, 2026, the IMF Executive Board concluded the 2026 Article IV Consultation for Cameroon. The assessment...

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AfDB Projects Guinea Growth Above 9%, But Flags a Financing...

South Africa’s Business-Government Partnership Moves to Phase 3, Adds Mining...

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Bah Oury’s Rentier Economy Warning: What a Digital Training Platform Launch Revealed About Guinea’s Simandou Governance Dilemma

Guinea’s Finance Ministry Tightens the Spending Chain: What Four Reform Actions Signal About IMF Programme Readiness

Guinea’s Finance Ministry Tightens the Spending Chain: What Four Reform Actions Signal About IMF Programme Readiness

The IMF Wraps Up in Conakry: What Two Weeks of Article IV Talks Produced and What Guinea Still Needs to Deliver

Senegal’s Parliament Passes Constitutional Reform Curbing Presidential Powers: Reading the Faye-Sonko Institutional Battle

Senegal Opens the Door to Debt Renegotiation: What Sonko’s Exit Changes and What It Cannot Change

Zambia’s Copper Borrowing Engine: What a Post-Default Debt Strategy Means When the Commodity It Depends On Is the Same One That Caused the Crisis

Nine African Teams in the Knockouts: What the 2026 World Cup Breakthrough Means for the Continent’s Football Capital Base

CGE-GUI Calls for Stronger State-Business Partnership: Why Guinea’s Private Sector Wants a Seat in the Reform Cycle

Middle East Shock Hits Africa’s Outlook: Energy Prices, Fertilizer Costs and the New Macro Pressure Map

World Bank Lines Up Over $3bn for Guinea: Simandou 2040 Becomes the Country’s Macro Development Anchor

Nigeria’s Listed Champions Recover Pre-Devaluation Dollar Earnings: Reading a Three-Year Corporate Resilience Story

Cameroon IMF Article IV 2026: 3.3% Growth, High Debt Distress Risk, and a Fiscal Reform Agenda Tied to Iron and Bauxite Export Revenue

Fitch Upgrades South Africa for the First Time in 21 Years. What the BB Rating Signals for the GNU’s Fiscal Credibility

IMF WAEMU 2026 Review: 6.6% Growth, Narrowing Deficits and a Fiscal Convergence Pact That Still Needs to Be Adopted

How Africa Is Changing Catholicism: What the Continent’s Growing Institutional Weight Means for Global Power Structures

Côte d’Ivoire Government Links Growth to Rising Social Spending...

Guinea’s Central Bank Warns of “Dutch Disease” Risk as Sovereign

ECOWAS Pushes to Standardise Regional Statistics, Targeting a Core Obstacle to Integration

Guinea Joins ECOWAS’s Presidential Task Force on the Single Currency, One Year...

African Union Opens Joint Technical Committee Session in Abidjan to Tackle Africa’s...

The Luanda Declaration on the Blue Economy: Institutional Architecture or Policy Commitment?

IMF Holds Sub-Saharan Africa’s 2026 Growth Forecast at 4.3%, With AI Investment...

Carbon Credits in West and Central Africa: What the Congo Basin Roadmaps,...

Ghana-UK Investment Summit June 1-2: What Accra Is Putting on the Table and What London Actually Wants in Return

Guinea’s 2026 Budget: Reading a 64 Trillion Franc Framework Through a Simandou Lens

Benin’s West Africa Presidential Tour: What the UEMOA Circuit Signals About the New Francophone Economic Diplomacy Playbook

Bank of Ghana Blocks MTN Mobile Money Transfer Fee: Reading a Regulatory Intervention That Goes Beyond Consumer Protection

ECOWAS Bank Says West African Regional GDP Growth Reached 4.8% in 2025...