Ones to Watch, 23 March 2020
Ones to Watch, 23 March 2020
Americas: COVID-19, low oil prices hit Ecuador, Fitch cuts sovereign credit rating to ‘CCC’ Sectors: all; mining Key Risks: business and economi...
South Africa: More bad news
South Africa: More bad news
Key sectors: all Key risks: economic risks; frustration of process The bad tidings keep coming in for South Africa. Data released on 3 March showed th...
Ones to Watch, 16 March 2020
Americas: Border closures, travel restrictions, deportations amid COVID-19 in Latin America Sectors: all Key Risks: business and economic risks; trav...
Guyana: Teetering between blessing and curse
Guyana: Teetering between blessing and curse
Key sectors: all, particularly extractives Key risks: political instability; policy uncertainty; contract frustration, civil unrest Guyana has failed ...
Ones to Watch, 9 March 2020
Ones to Watch, 9 March 2020
Americas: Argentine farmers launch commercial strike to protest export tax hike Sectors: agriculture; all Key Risks: business risks; strikes; transpor...
South Sudan: Unity government a way-stop, not the destination
South Sudan: Unity government a way-stop, not the destination
Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; political stability After more than a year of political wrangling, two postponements and an eleventh-ho...
AKE Special Report – Economics of COVID 19
AKE's Special Report report assess the potential economic impact of the reaction to COVID-19. Official reports say a new strain of coronavirus, known ...
Ones to Watch, 2 March 2020
Ones to Watch, 2 March 2020
Americas: Mexico’s Pemex posts US$18.3bln loss in 2019, financial challenges to persist Sectors: all; oil & gas Key Risks: non-payment; recess...
Nigeria: Security has improved, but for how long?
Nigeria: Security has improved, but for how long?
Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; terrorism; political violence Restoring security has been a key promise of Nigeria’s President Muhamm...
AKE’s Head of Political Risk Quoted in Financial Times on Russia-Venezuela sanctions
AKE’s Head of Political Risk Quoted in Financial Times on Russia-Venezuela sanctions
Maximilian Hess, AKE’s Head of Political Risk, was quoted in the Financial Times’ writeup of new sanctions introduced by the US Treasury&#...
Ones to Watch, 24 February 2020
Ones to Watch, 24 February 2020
Americas: Guyana to hold long-delayed snap general elections on 2 March Sectors: all; oil & gas Key Risks: political stability; contract frustrati...
El Salvador: Towards authoritarianism?
El Salvador: Towards authoritarianism?
Date first published: 18 February 2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: governability; political stability; civil unrest On 9 February President Nayib Buke...
