Uganda’s potential begins to take shape

For much of the past decade, Uganda’s economic narrative has centred on potential. Today, that story is gradually shifting towards delivery. With the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which will connect Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to Tanzania’s....

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War in the Middle East: a preliminary macroeconomic assessment for Mauritius

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Africa’s institutions face a Gen Z reckoning