Floods hit SA recovery, Nigeria’s presidential race

This week’s floods in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province are the latest in a series of hits to the economic recovery. Elsewhere, the news this week from Nigeria that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has thrown his hat in the ring as a candidate for the 2023 presidential election offers hope for a shift away from the current distortive economic policies of President Buhari. But there are a lot of potential candidates and whoever wins will face an uphill battle to boost GDP growth.

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