Africa Matters

Dollar shortage in Kenya sparks two parallel exchange rates

Summary The lobby reckons that the volatility in the exchange rate market has slowed dollar trading among lenders or interbank deals, further worsening the scarcity of the US currency. The shortage of dollars is triggering the emergence of parallel exchange rate that has seen lenders buying and selling well above the printed official rate, the manufacturers’ lobby has warned….

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African governments must do away with redundant regulation, support SMEs, farmers’ cooperatives- AGRA President

By DR. AGNES KALIBATA The food price crisis of 2007-2008, Covid-19, the Russia – Ukraine War, and climate change have exposed the fragility of food systems. The greatest risk lies in refusing to learn from lessons of the past.  At the start of 2022, we were already facing the prospect of a food crisis. Even before the first Russian…

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