What a week it has been in Africa. In Nigeria, nationwide strikes against the Jonathan Goodluck government decision to scrap fuel subsidies today entered their fifth day. In Uganda, traders who closed their business in anger at sky-high interest rates, failed to reach agreement in a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni and representatives of the […]
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The ‘Dark’ Continent: Africa’s Energy Pain Could Be Ended By Decentralisation And More ‘Tribalism’
The part of Kampala where I am currently staying has been having a very African problem nearly every night – the power goes out until well past midnight. Meanwhile, in far off eastern Tanzania, Bukoba had electricity. Tanzania’s electricity industry is a disgraceful shambles; probably East Africa’s worst. Bukoba, though, suffers the least power outages. […]
Zambia’s President Sata: A Populist ‘Clown’ With Interesting Off-the-Wall Ideas
In September, Michael Sata became one of the very few African opposition leaders to win an election, when he beat incumbent Ruphia Banda to take the Zambian president. Immediately, he set on a course that has drawn accusations that he is reckless, a populist, even a “clown”. Going by his outbursts and erratic behaviour, some […]
