(Credit: Brendan Hoffman/IMF Photos) March 9, 2023/IMFBlog By Jeff Kearns One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended agricultural commodity markets, food prices remain elevated even after retreating from their record highs in early 2022. With two of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and other crucial crops entering a […]

March 8, 2023/Cordros Report While the Kenyan Shillings (KSH) did not depreciate much against the US dollar (USD) in 2022FY despite the fundamentals suggesting steeper depreciation, we highlight that the KSH has been in the spotlight recently given how shortages of US dollars have led to a wider spread between […]

March 8, 2023/FBNQuest Our chart today, drawn using data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), shows modest growth in Nigeria’s broadband subscriptions in Dec ’22. The considerable progress seen in recent years in terms of mobile broadband penetration can be largely attributed to significant investments made in the development of […]