Ghana Sacks Nine State Boards Days After Profit Report
Mahama dissolved nine state entity boards on 2 September, three days after SIGA reported Ghana’s state companies back in profit...
September 15, 2026Topic
fiscal policy
Nigeria’s Regional Development Commissions Got US$1.9 Billion Last Year. One Zone Got Nothing.
The president has ordered money released to the newest of seven commissions. It is the one left out of the...
September 14, 2026
What Tax Complexity Actually Costs a Kenyan Small Business
Kenya’s turnover tax tripled in 2023. Three years on, the heavier burden on small firms is the number of collectors,...
September 13, 2026
Nigeria’s Main Opposition Candidate Wants the State to Discount Crude for Local Refineries
Atiku Abubakar's production subsidy plan would discount crude for Nigerian refineries, with support tied to verified output and a fiscal...
September 13, 2026
South Sudan Has Written a Budget That Rests Almost Entirely on Oil
The South Sudan budget for 2026-27 totals SSP 11.34trn, with oil supplying 79% of revenue and SSP 183bn set aside...
September 8, 2026
Liberia Is US$45m Away From Its First Billion-Dollar Revenue Year
Liberia domestic revenue has reached US$954.7m in fiscal 2026, leaving the state US$45.3m short of its first US$1bn collection year.
September 8, 2026
Eswatini’s Budget Rests on a Customs Cheque It Does Not Control
The Eswatini IMF Article IV mission left Mbabane with a deficit near 5.9 percent of GDP and public debt heading...
September 4, 2026
Kenya Has Already Borrowed 41% of Its Year’s Domestic Target
Kenya domestic borrowing reached Sh406bn in July and August, 41% of the Sh987.4bn full-year target, as the Treasury front-loads into...
September 2, 2026
Ghana Cut Its Way to a Surplus, and the World Bank Noticed
The Ghana World Bank economic update reports 6 percent growth and debt down to 49 percent of GDP, but warns...
August 28, 2026