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Long Read - Page 3

For the patient art of mythbuilding, where isolated artifacts and phenomena are imagined first to probe a simple idea of the future.

Selling an economy for trinkets Part III

A disaster unfolding in Kenya where the government is shooting at teenagers, pushed to the streets to resist attempts by the IMF to extract rent for bondholders at the expense of healthcare, education and basic cost of food.
July 25, 2024

Selling an economy for trinkets Part I

The IMF in a bid to direct money printed in Western capitals to Africa to compensate for the zero interest rates created a debt bubble which now threatens to destroy East Africa’s largest economy.
July 23, 2024

Part 3: Kenya’s Kes6 billion regulated gamble

But this helplessness was weird. The Capital Markets Authority, working with the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) together with the Central Bank of Kenya had the capacity of closing down payment channels for unlicensed brokers.
May 1, 2024