Africa and the Contest over Political, Economic Monopolies

Editor’s note: for an unembargoed copy of this analysis please send a request to support@geomarketsafrica.com. Analysis Political and economic monopolies are common tendencies in many jurisdictions. Monopolistic behavior can provide stability and certainty, which some actors use while trying to achieve collective good purposes. Monopolies can also degrade system performance, absent the challenge to generate new ideas, markets, productivity, or technology. This week in Africa saw several changes in the pattern of political or economic monopolization. Each an outcome of a country’s internal imperatives, the shifts that emerged in Africa this week place some on an improved outlook, while other …

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