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A crisis not just in South Africa but across Africa.

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Calories in Nigeria cost twice as much in real terms compared to the global average. Why?

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“The United Nations was built by the world, for the world.

Since 1945, it has been the place for countries to unite behind global solutions to global problems.”

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The key challenge for the Central Bank and Fiscal Authorities right here. 33.9% food inflation in a country where the average pre-COVID expenditure on food was 60% should focus the minds of all policy actors.

Important data points by Business Day. It's good to let policy be guided by data and not by biases. The reality is the more productive/richer we get, the more we will have to import to keep that productivity going. The challenge is that we don't export much besides crude oil