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Wednesday 31st of March 2021
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"How do you do it?" said night "How do you wake and shine?" "I keep it simple." said light "One day at a time" @lemnsissay via @Allehone
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The Way We Live Now
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Sunrise in #Mozambique by @earthXplorer @Marilyn_Res
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Cradled in the southern end of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, Gorongosa’s 1,500 square miles span mountainsides, plateau forests, escarpment canyons, palm savannas, and wetlands.
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New York to London in under four hours? There’s no reason it can’t happen @bopinion
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"Speed now illuminates reality whereas light once gave objects of the world their shape." - Paul Virilio
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A virulent plague that “travelled through the air as if on wings, it burned through cities like fire”. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
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28-MAR-2021 :: The Pandemic Is a Portal [said Arundhati Roy]
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Astrud Gilberto was a housewife in 1964 when saxophonist Stan Getz decided he wanted his hit, “Girl From Ipanema,” sung in English — something her husband, Joao, who sang the original track, couldn’t do. @carlquintanilla
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She told him she dreamed about escaping. That was all she dreamed about. Paris, Texas (1984) dir. Wim Wenders
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Itamaraty Palace Spiral Staircase designed by #Oscar Niemeyer icekev
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I return to t.s eliot
To lead you to an overwhelming question ... Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.
This strange dream like sequence of non linear time has been the overwhelming experience for what feels like an eternity now.
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Political Reflections
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28-MAR-2021 :: I expect china to occupy Taiwan before the end of the year
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Xi Jinping is both Sun Tzu ‘'The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting'' And hard edged at the same time.
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He has brought Hong Kong to heel, he is prowling around Taiwan like a Lion prowled around our Tent one night in the Tsavo
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02-JUN-2020 :: Fast Forward it has come to a Put Up or Shut Up moment
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Data from #Covid19 worldwide as of March 30: + 513 944 cases in 24 hours @CovidTracker_fr
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Data from #Covid19 worldwide as of March 30: + 513 944 cases in 24 hours, i.e. 128 159 565 in total + 11,534 deaths in 24 hours, i.e. 2,804,234 in total
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Global 556,635 avg #COVID19 cases per day up 29% past 2wks. Average cases/day increased in more than half of all countries. @jmlukens
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28-MAR-2021 :: We are once again entering an exponential escape velocity Phase #COVID19
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9 of 10 Countries with most avg #COVID19 cases per day registered an increase in daily cases past 2wks. @jmlukens
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COVID-19 avg 2wk case/day increase
#India: 114%
#Turkey: 103%
#Poland: 67%
#Germany: 63%
#Ukraine: 61%
#France: 52%
#Argentina: 49%
#US: 19%
#Brazil: 12%
#Italy: -8%
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"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."
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Stages of COVID denial: @dgurdasani1
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Cases have levelled off Stop fear mongering!
Cases increasing R just above 1 - relax- we're ok.
Accelerating exponential rises It's a casedemic - few deaths
Hospitals reaching capacity We could've never predicted this
New variants of concern Who knew?
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28-MAR-2021 :: The Pandemic Is a Portal
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The Virus remains an exogenous uncertainty that is still not resolved though all the virologists who have metastasized into vaccinologists will have you believe its all sunlit uplands from here.
We are once again entering an exponential escape velocity Phase #COVID19
Folks I followed on Twitter for their epidemiological excellence now simply recite Vaccine / Inoculation data like a liturgy.
"“The variants are like a thoroughbred and our vaccines are like a workhorse,” noted evolutionary biologist Sally Otto. @yaneerbaryam
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BREAKING: Brazil reports 3,780 new coronavirus deaths, the biggest one-day increase on record @BNODesk
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08-MAR-2021 My concern is that Brazil which was the epicenter of the Virus in May 2020 is once again a Precursor and a Harbinger
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Brazil on edge The Folha de São Paulo newspaper said that never before in Brazilian history had the heads of all three branches of the military resigned out of disagreement with a president.
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Earlier this month Bolsonaro – whose handling of the pandemic and opposition to lockdown have been internationally condemned – sparked outrage by issuing a veiled threat to declare a “state of siege”.
Polls suggest Bolsonaro still enjoys the support of about 30% of the population but is considered the chief culprit for Brazil’s Covid calamity by 43% of citizens and rejected by almost half the country. “He is weak,” Cantanhêde claimed. “He is cornered.”
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India if we forget total cases and focus on *how fast* the epidemics are growing this is what we see. With the exception of Kerala, *every* state with more than 100 daily cases is seeing rapid growth. @muradbanaji
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28-MAR-2021 :: We have reentered an escape velocity phase
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NEW: Turkey reports 37,303 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record @BNODesk
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#Italy, third #covid #wave: 86,7% of cases related to #B117 #variant; 4% to #Manaus #P1, Institute of Health @ironorehopper
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As far as @WHO is concerned all hypotheses remain on the table. This report is a very important beginning, but it is not the end. We have not yet found the source of the #COVID19 virus @DrTedros
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As far as @WHO is concerned all hypotheses remain on the table. This report is a very important beginning, but it is not the end. We have not yet found the source of the #COVID19 virus, and we must continue to follow the science and leave no stone unturned as we do.
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You just have to believe in the immaculate infection. @gdemaneuf
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There is no natural Pathway for the Evolution of COVID19.
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Today only the Paid for Propagandists and Virologists and WHO will argue that there is a ''zoonotic'' origin for COVID19.
It is remarkable that the Propaganda is still being propagated more than a year later.
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A potential leak "requires further investigation, potentially with additional missions involving specialist experts" [Kudos] @DrTedros said @AFP @YahooNews
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He added that the international team had difficulty accessing raw data during the mission to China, demanding "more timely and comprehensive data sharing" in future.
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Xi has taken calculated risks. The muscular and multi-faceted nature of Chinese Power is seen in its handling of COVID19
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Controlling the COVID19 Narrative, suppressing the Enquiry, parlaying the situation into one of singular advantage marks a singular moment and Xi Jinping has exhibited Chinese dominance over multiple theatres from the Home Front, the International Media Domain, the ‘’Scientific’’ domain over which he has achieved complete ownership and where any dissenting view is characterized as a ‘’conspiracy theory’’
It remains a remarkable achievement.
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’Zoonotic’’ origin was one that was accelerated in the Laboratory.
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There is also a non negligible possibility that #COVID19 was deliberately released
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Even Tedros could not stomach the swill served by the stooges. @R_H_Ebright
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It is remarkable that the Propaganda is still being propagated more than a year later.
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Today only the Paid for Propagandists and Virologists and WHO will argue that there is a ''zoonotic'' origin for COVID19.
It is remarkable that the Propaganda is still being propagated more than a year later.
There is no natural Pathway for the Evolution of COVID19.
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.@Naval said Scientists who support silencing opposing voices are actually priests.
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"Let’s say, for instance that a Florida panther rampaged through the South Bronx, injuring many people. It would be immediately reasonable to wonder: How could that possibly happen?." @R_H_Ebright
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"Let’s say, for instance that a Florida panther rampaged through the South Bronx, injuring many people. It would be immediately reasonable to wonder: How could that possibly happen? Florida panthers don’t live anywhere near the Bronx and aren’t normally so ferocious."
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01-MAR-2020 :: The Origin of the #CoronaVirus #COVID19
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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
“There's always more to it. This is what history consists of. It is the sum total of the things they aren't telling us.”
“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.”
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International Markets
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Currency Markets At A Glance WSJ
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Euro 1.1733
Dollar Index 93.188
Japan Yen 110.67
Swiss Franc 0.94218
Pound 1.3745
Aussie 0.7609
India Rupee 73.3985
South Korea Won 1130.47
Brazil Real 5.7743
Egypt Pound 15.7180
South Africa Rand 14.8902
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Dollar Index 3 Month Chart INO [Dollar extends gains as it wraps up best quarter in 1y] 93.205
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Euro versus the Dollar Chart 1.1735
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20 years ago, there were barely any Chinese companies among the Fortune Global 500. Now it's more Chinese than American. @DavidInglesTV
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7 OCT 19 :: China turns 70
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Absolutely no chill from the @GoldmanSachs First they jump ship early on the Archegos trades, leaving @Nomura holding the bag. Then they downgrade Nomura's rating. @PriapusIQ
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Commodity Markets At A Glance
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Crude Oil Chart INO 60.77
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JUST IN: Pakistan Is Selling $2.5 Billion of Bonds After IMF Bailout Resumes. Its Also Selling a 30-Year Bond for the First Time @FaseehMangi
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@DavidMalpassWBG "G20 countries need to...forcefully encourage the private creditors under their jurisdiction to participate fully in sovereign debt relief efforts." @ACGeoEcon @jedmark888
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15-MAR-2021 :: Africa Emerging from The Pandemic @AfDB_Group #2021AEO
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In the discussion alongside the release on Friday President Adesina pronounced that
The amount of debt Africa has is not sustainable (70- 75% of GDP) and it is in the hands of commercial creditors ($370 bn).
Also ODA has plummeted from 54% to 27%, while commercial borrowing has grown from 17% to 40%.
Professor Stiglitz expanded ''You can't squeeze water out of a stone'' and floated the option that the Pandemic could be a Trigger for calling for a ''force majeure''
Stiglitz added ''A Standstill is not sufficient You need to move to a Debt Restructuring ...It has to be comprehensive''
Both Adesina and Stigliz addressed the new complexities around the Debt dynamics
and how ''The current international financial architecture makes orderly sovereign debt restructuring complex to achieve. The fundamental difficulty with sovereign debt is that there are no formal bankruptcy procedures, as there are in corporate bankruptcies''
''There is good debt and there is ''hamburger'' debt''
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BREAKING: Fierce fighting between Sudanese army and Amhara militia backed by #Ethiopia soldiers reported in #Sudan's Qadarif state which borders Ethiopia. @MoradNews
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The 4-hour gun battle resulted in killing of one Sudanese soldier & several Amhara, Ethio troops according to Sudanese media.
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Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer
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A fiendishly complicated task fending off the centrifugal forces which are tearing Ethiopia apart [@PMEthiopia has lost this battle]
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Or alternatively @TheEconomist whether @PMEthiopia can sustain an occupation given that one suspects there are equally restive regions
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and why I called it ''an unwinnable War''
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@PMEthiopia has launched an unwinnable War on Tigray Province.
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Ethiopia which was once the Poster child of the African Renaissance now has a Nobel Prize Winner whom I am reliably informed
PM Abiy His inner war cabinet includes Evangelicals who are counseling him he is "doing Christ's work"; that his faith is being "tested". @RAbdiAnalyst
@PMEthiopia has launched an unwinnable War on Tigray Province.
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What does "transformation" mean? Ethiopia is on the verge of catastrophic state failure - and the possibility of war with Sudan is high. @cchukudebelu
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Ethiopia which was once the Poster child of the African Renaissance
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‘The genie out of the bottle’ @AfricanBizMag
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Portugal is to send around 60 troops to its former colony Mozambique following an attack by Islamic State-linked jihadists on a key northern town @AFP
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Joe Hanlon: “The whole gas gamble was bet on a promise of security, and Nyusi - and Mozambique - lost the bet.” @jsphctrl
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Yes, on the other hand these companies have managed to work in lots of dangerous places, but I’m finding it hard to disagree.
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31 OCT 16 :: Mozambique from Boom to Bust - A Cautionary Tale
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I said "Mozambique could be the next Qatar." as we stuffed ourselves with wonderfully flavour some tiger prawns.
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The tragic events in #Palma, #CaboDelgado #Mozambique, over the last few days have major implications for peace and security on the Swahili coast of East #Africa. Herewith some thoughts in a mega thread @DinoMahtani
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Sep 2012 My concern remains that what appear like uncorrelated spikes and paroxysms of violence conflate, become more broad based and amplify.
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The Swahili Coast is a Potential TinderBox
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4 JUN 12 :: 'Maputo, Boom Town'
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Samora Machel Praca de Independencia #Maputo
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16 Bullets - still alive 1 Corona virus - very dead #Life @iAlenOfficial
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There is something Karmic in this #COVID19
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''A decline in the pandemic’s trajectory seen since January has now plateaued." - Dr @RichardMihigo @WHOAFRO
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303,692 Active COVID-19 Cases in Africa @BeautifyData
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Update on the number of Active #covid19 cases in #Africa. @BeautifyData
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As at yesterday, #Ethiopia: 44,530 active cases, and #Comoros: 25 active cases.
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Active #Covid19 cases record 520,000 was in January 2021 @NKCAfrica
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We all know by now ''viruses exhibit non-linear and exponential characteristics'
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Africa is currently reporting a million new infections about every 73 days @ReutersGraphics
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Ethiopia, Kenya, Cameroon, Togo at peak Djibouti 89%
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The reproduction number (R) of SARS-CoV-2 for South Africa is currently 0.9 [0.90 - 0.96]. @lrossouw
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Drinking the Kool-Aid #COVID19
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South Africa's Minerals Council, warning of a potential "major surge" in COVID cases and deaths, says the mining industry's employees "should be discouraged wherever possible from travelling over Easter" @geoffreyyork
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South Africa's Minerals Council, warning of a potential "major surge" in COVID cases and deaths, says the mining industry's employees "should be discouraged wherever possible from travelling over Easter, with CEOs, management and union leadership seen to be leading by example"
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South Africa All Share Bloomberg
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Dollar versus Rand Chart INO 14.8865
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Egypt Pound versus The Dollar Chart INO 15.72
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Ghana four-tranche eurobond issuance amounted to $3.025bn, slightly below the $3.5bn we assumed last week. @Markbohlund
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$3 billion from an oversubscribed bond book value of $6 billion. @aikinsfresh
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Ghana $525m of four-year zero-coupon debt at a price of 78 cents, giving it a yield of around 7.1%. @PaulWallace123
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Ghana raised $3.025bn via a four-tranche bond offering priced yesterday. One of the tranches is a zero-coupon bond with a bullet payment at redemption - first for an SSA sovereign! @mytheoz
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Bulawayo @CulxureMagZim
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5.5.1.26 Kenya @lrossouw
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I’ve come across x5️⃣ cases of COVID-19 reinfection in the past 5️⃣ days, among people I know well who had PCR-confirmed COVID-19 last year & recovered, only to be reinfected during this 3rd wave. @DrAhmedKalebi
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#Reinfection has been shown to occur in up-to 20% of cases. PLS PROTECT YOURSELVES
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Front Page of @BD_Africa today: Of the 8 banks that reported as of Monday, 3 will not be paying dividends. @MwangoCapital
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The other 5 banks are set to pay ~17.1B (45.8 % drop) in dividends.
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I & M Holdings Ltd reports FY 2020 EPS -21.65% Earnings here
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Par Value:
Closing Price: 42.90
Total Shares Issued: 826810738.00
Market Capitalization: 35,470,180,660
EPS: 9.77
PE: 4.3909
I&M Holdings Plc reports FY Earnings through 31st Dec 2020 versus through Dec 2019
FY Assets 358.099793b versus 315.290674b
FY Kenya Government Securities [held at amortised cost 36.732012b versus 18.925430b
FY Kenya Government Securities [FVOCI] 36.635314b versus 10.757407b
FY Loans and Advances to Customers [net] 187.301266b versus 175.329426b
FY Customer Deposits 262.681402b versus 229.736509b
FY Total Interest Income 27.848575b versus 27.163847b
FY Total Interest Expense 12.248980b versus 11.654006b
FY Net Interest Income 15.599595b versus 15.509841b
FY Total Non Interest Income 8.637753b versus 8.285541b
FY Total Operating Income 24.237348b versus 23.795382b
FY Loan Loss Provision 2.472836b versus 0.636455b
FY Staff Costs 4.464503b versus 4.662868b
FY Other Operating Expenses 3.623504b versus 3.143687b
FY Total Operating Expenses 12.606382b versus 10.097311b
FY Exceptional Item [share of Profit of Joint venture] [678.962m] versus 905.037m
FY Profit [Loss] after Exceptional Items 10.952004b versus 14.603108b
FY Profit [Loss] after Tax and exceptional items and non controlling interest 8.073855b versus 10.309038b
FY EPS 9.77 versus 12.47
FY Dividend 2.25 versus 2.55
FY Loan Loss Provisions 10.841449b versus 8.625013b
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I&M Holdings Plc - Audited financial results for the FY2020. @tradingroomke
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The Group’s PAT down 21% to Kes 8.41 Bn from Kes 10.77Bn in 2019.
Board recommends Kes 2.25 dividend per share & bonus issue of 1:1
Conclusions
Trailing PE is 4.3909 which is cheap versus its Peers
Bonus share will also underpin the price as will 5.244% dividend Yield
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Housing Finance reports FY 2020 Loss after Tax 1.7068b Earnings
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Par Value: 5/-
Closing Price: 4.17
Total Shares Issued: 352416667.00
Market Capitalization: 1,469,577,501
EPS: -4.44
PE:
Housing Finance reports FY Earnings through 31st Dec 2020 versus through 31st Dec 2019
FY Total Assets 55.445251b versus 56.454918b
FY Loans and Advances to Customers [net] 36.998473b versus 38.779738b
FY Customer Deposts 39.944490b versus 37.399987b
FY Total Interest Income 4.265509b versus 5.167176b
FY Total Interest Expenses 2.399249b versus 3.148869b
FY Net Interest Income 1.866260b versus 2.018307b
FY Total Non Interest Income -.512466b versus 1.352606b
FY Total Operating Income 2.378726b versus 3.370913b
FY Loan Loss Provision 405.069m versus 350.441m
FY Total Other Operating Expenses 4.058476b versus 3.510843b
FY Profit before Tax and exceptional Items [1.679750b] versus [0.139930b]
FY Profit before Tax after exceptional Items [1.775883b] versus [0.137802b]
FY Profit after Tax and exceptional Items [1.706864b] versus [0.110108b]
FY EPS [4.44] versus [0.29]
Conclusions
Self explanatory.
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@HFGroupKE 2020 results: @MwangoCapitaL
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- Net Interest Income down 5% to Kshs. 1.9B
- Loan Loss Provisions up 33% to Kshs. 405M
- Loss after tax of 1.71B [vs 110M loss in 2019]
- No dividend
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Eveready East Africa Ltd reports FY 2020 Earnings here
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Par Value: 1/-
Closing Price: 1.10
Total Shares Issued: 210000000.00
Market Capitalization: 231,000,000
EPS: -0.33
PE:
Kenyan battery manufacturer
Everready reports FY 2020 Earnings through 31st December 2020 versus December 2019
FY Sales 133.59m versus 190.667m
FY Cost of Sales [105.655m] versus [154.013m]
FY Gross Profit 27.935m versus 36.654m
FY Overhead Expenses [84.012m] versus [163.516m]
FY Profit [loss] before Tax [49.937m] versus [106.895m]
FY Profit [Loss] after Tax [69.010m] versus [303.544m]
FY EPS [0.33] versus [1.45]
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Just a one-hour flight from Nairobi, Kenya, Lamu Island is attracting a portion of the art-world elite and global “affluencers” seeking to continue life—and culture—uninterrupted during the pandemic @AirMailWeekly
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Just a one-hour flight from Nairobi, Kenya, Lamu Island (specifically, its Shela village) is attracting a portion of the art-world elite and global “affluencers” seeking to continue life—and culture—uninterrupted during the pandemic.
Zero masks are worn indoors and outdoors, a quarantine is not required upon entry, and there are no coronavirus I.C.U.’s on the island.
The only thing you need to do to get to Lamu is show proof of a negative test, a policy that, incredibly, has kept it almost entirely coronavirus-free.
Obviously, it’s gorgeous—white beaches, crystalline waters, palm trees, and so on.
The island lies on the edge of the continent, not far from Somalia, with the occasional Somali-pirate abduction threat. The relative risk just adds to the charm.
It’s also pretty conservative—local women wear hijabs or burkas at all times and rarely venture into the sea, and the muezzin prays every sunrise at full volume.
There are no roads or cars, just donkeys. Most houses have no glass windows, only holes in the walls and mosquito nets. Twenty years ago there were elephants here.
None of that seems to bother the hundreds of posh visitors that have flocked there since the start of the pandemic, some permanently, to swim and snorkel in the day and to launch and attend art exhibitions, film screenings, and raves into the night.
The few who are trying to keep day jobs working remotely from Lamu are quickly making the island a poster child for (pre-scandal) WeWork.
Visitors feed local donkeys carrots with great enthusiasm, some, such as Lola Bute, daughter of Cardiff Castle’s Marquess of Bute, constantly posting their Marrakech-style poses on Instagram—without tagging the location. (Plausible deniability.)
There’s a certain fear of getting caught here, especially if you’re from Europe and your compatriots are weeks into their third lockdown. Sourdough, anyone?
Among those who own houses on the island are Nicholas Logsdail, O.B.E., owner of Lisson Gallery, and Chris Hanley, who produced Buffalo ’66 in 1998.
Princess Caroline of Monaco built the renowned Beach House in Shela and restored three villas.
Heiress Jemima Goldsmith and ex-husband Imran Khan, the current Pakistani prime minister, send their sons here.
And Marina Abramović filmed Confession, a performance video where she tells a donkey her deepest secrets, on a beach near Shela.
The place usually peaks on New Year’s Eve, but this year the actor Dominic West waited until February to arrive with his wife, Catherine FitzGerald.
They reportedly chose Lamu to re-start their marriage after West’s affair with Lily James.
That month, on the island’s Diamond Beach village, photographer Guillaume Bonn, who popularized the term “Mosquito Coast” in his 2015 New Yorker article, screened a documentary on Peter Beard, who died in 2020.
The event was packed and included both pre- and post-screening parties.
And while all of the world’s major art fairs—Basel, Frieze, Venice, TEFAF, the Armory—either shut down or went virtual, a new, totally in-person art fair called Lamu Conceptual launched on February 19.
The following week, British artist Vanessa Garwood unveiled a big portrait show with a painting of Kenyan humanitarian worker Umra Omar.
Omar is running to become the next governor of Lamu County. She loves mingling with visitors and is a big fan of the organic farm Natural Lamu. Their soap bars are superior to Le Labo’s.
The epicenter of all social life here is the Peponi Hotel. It’s the new Chateau Marmont, but with tasty fish and margaritas, dhow-boat races and dolphin activities, noisy toasts, and Swahili coffeepots.
It’s buzzing every night and very hard to get a room there. The hotel is so big it has two permanent employees at the airport to help arriving guests into a boat that takes them straight to Shela Beach. It’s a lot like Venice, except Lamu’s water taxis don’t cost $120 per journey.
Most importantly, do not travel to the island of Zanzibar. Even though it’s just 40 minutes away by plane, as soon as your passport gets stamped in Tanzania, other countries (including the U.K.) will force you to spend $2,000 on a hotel quarantine upon arrival, and it won’t be the Peponi.
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