Kenya

The commissioner general of the Kenya Revenue Authority, Michael Waweru, has claimed success in his crackdown on 'leakages' in the tax agency. Waweru considers that successive increases... 2008-01-03

BMI View: The sale of a 25% stake in Safaricom should bring welcome revenue for Kenya's state coffers. There are notable interest rate and exchange rate risks, however.

BMI View: Ongoing shilling strength against the US dollar will likely cause Kenyan exporters some pain, as their goods become increasingly uncompetitive in the global marketplace.... 2007-11-23

According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the police may have killed hundreds of people in a crackdown on Kenya's notorious Mungiki gang. The rights group said that... 2007-11-21

A 3G licence for Kenya's largest cellular firm bodes well for the further development of Kenya's already buoyant mobile sector, with BMI projecting mobile subscriber ship of nearly... 2007-10-30

The key short-term political risk on the horizon remains ethnic violence during the elections. However, this risk extends beyond the elections and could become more severe if Raila... 2007-10-30

On the back of stronger than expected growth in H107, real GDP growth is likely to reach 6.7% in 2007, led by strong growth in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Global increases... 2007-10-30

BMI View: Investment would be more forthcoming in the ECA region, were it not for inadequate infrastructure and institutions. We see downside risk for Ethiopia.

We forecast CPI to continue to slow down this year to 10% y-o-y and ease a little further in 2008 to 9% y-o-y, an improvement on the 2006 figure of 15.6% y-o-y. We expect GDP

The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) recently expressed doubts over the prospects for free and fair elections and thinks that the next Presidential poll, expected in December,... 2007-10-01