Tom Kayo

48 posts
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Brief Angola Policy Debt Capital

Angola's 2026 IMF verdict: growth held, deficit slipped

The Fund signed off on Angola's 2026 budget while flagging a 4.1% deficit, a thinning current account, and a banking system still tied to the sovereign.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Brief Power Elections Governance Security

Guinea-Bissau's transition: referendum, then a December vote

The junta interrupted a counted election in November 2025. Its answer to ECOWAS is a constitutional referendum in August and fresh elections on 6 December.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Brief Energy Capital Security Infrastructure

Mozambique LNG restarts as Cabo Delgado violence widens

TotalEnergies relaunched the $20bn Afungi project in January 2026. In the same province, security incidents rose and the humanitarian appeal stayed a quarter funded.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Report Angola Debt Capital Policy Governance

Angola's 2026–2029 debt wall: a repayment- cycle report

Sixteen billion dollars of debt service in one year, a 45% debt-to-GDP target, and a repayment cluster that runs to 2029.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Power Map Angola Power Policy Capital Governance Energy Mining

Power Map: who decides Angola's money

Five institutions set Angola's fiscal, monetary and resource policy. Here is who holds each node, and what each one controls.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Data Note Angola Energy Policy Debt

Angola's fuel price ladder: five hikes, one fiscal target

Gasoline nearly doubled in 2023, diesel almost tripled by mid-2025, and the reform paused after deadly protests. The sequence, in numbers.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Brief Angola Energy Capital Policy Governance

Angola country brief: the arithmetic of a million barrels

Oil output is being defended, not grown. Gas has started, non-oil GDP is outpacing the wells, and the budget still runs on crude.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Power Map Angola Ghana Governance Power Geopolitics Policy

Power Map: the African Union's 2026 decision chain

Assembly, Bureau, Commission, Peace and Security Council. Who occupies each seat in 2026, and where continental decisions are actually made.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Report Angola Ethiopia Nigeria Energy Infrastructure Policy Capital

Mission 300 at halfway: 50m connections, one hard problem

The World Bank and AfDB have connected over 50 million people in two years. Reaching 300 million depends on utilities that can bill.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Analysis DRC Security Geopolitics Power Mining

One year of the Washington Accords: peace on paper only

Two negotiating tracks, five oversight committees, and a front line that keeps moving. What the DRC–Rwanda process has and has not delivered.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Data Note Angola Kenya Côte d'Ivoire DRC Ghana Capital Debt Policy

Africa's 2026 bond window: fastest start since 2013

Six billion dollars in seven weeks, tighter spreads, and buybacks replacing new money. A tracker of who issued, at what price, and why.

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By: Tom Kayo
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Analysis Elections Power Governance Security

Tanzania after 29 October: the cost of a 98% win

An official commission counted 518 deaths. Rights groups say far more. Tanzania's post- election settlement is now an accountability question.

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