Dear Lord, we pray that the worst of East Africa’s fears do not come true this year
Because East African economies are more sophisticated and integrated, crises inside countries will have an impact on their neighbours. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGAH | NMG
There is, thus, the risk of trouble ahead, but also one uncomfortable fact. Because, for long, East African economies were not sophisticated, and not tightly integrated, crises inside countries hardly had a major impact on their neighbours, especially the coastal ones.
