by The Fikiria Desk | Feb 24, 2025 | Consumers
The buyers who most depend on Congolese cobalt rarely see the Democratic Republic of Congo on the label; they see a phone, an electric car, a power tool. On 24 February 2025, the DRC suspended cobalt exports for four months to reduce oversupply and support the price...
by The Fikiria Desk | Jan 10, 2025 | Consumers
A market can exist on paper long before anyone uses it. Ethiopia’s new securities exchange faces exactly that gap between institution and adoption: the venue now exists, but the customer who buys a share, opens a brokerage account or trusts a settlement system...
by The Fikiria Desk | Sep 9, 2024 | Consumers
National strategies are written for economies, but they are ultimately paid for by customers — the households and buyers who either feel the change on a shelf or do not. Rwanda’s development plans have consistently improved the country’s institutions and...
by The Fikiria Desk | Jul 29, 2024 | Consumers
The customer is usually the last to be consulted in a currency reform and the first to feel it. Ethiopia’s move on 29 July 2024 to a market-based foreign-exchange regime, announced by the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), will be judged in Addis Ababa’s...
by The Fikiria Desk | Dec 13, 2023 | Consumers
The Somali household will not see a debt-relief cheque, and that is exactly why today’s news is easy to underestimate from a customer’s point of view. The IMF and World Bank have confirmed that Somalia reached the completion point under the Heavily...