Published Work
Analysis of 25 years of maize price data reveals how global commodity shocks transmit differently across four African economies based on trade position, food security infrastructure, and policy response capacity.
KANA AI Research
Commodity Intelligence
Kenya's county economy is decisively concentrated: Nairobi produced KSh 998 billion in gross county product in 2017 — 108 times the smallest county. This report ranks all 47 counties by output and maps why activity clusters.
KANA AI Research
Sub-National Intelligence
Across six states with reconcilable budget data, internally generated revenue funds anywhere from 51% of revenue (Anambra) down to barely 2% (Borno). Same federal lifeline, radically different self-reliance — and the divide tracks economic geography.
KANA AI Research
Sub-National Intelligence
Behind Nigeria's aggregate GDP lies a structural divide — the southern states generate 65-70% of output from 30% of the land, while the north depends heavily on federal transfers. This report examines why.
KANA AI Research
Sub-National Intelligence
Twenty-five years of CPI and interest rate data reveal a stark divergence in monetary policy effectiveness: South Africa operates near-textbook inflation targeting while Ghana and Nigeria face severe transmission breakdowns driven by fiscal dominance and currency instability.
KANA AI Research
Monetary Policy
A 16-region scorecard ranking Ghana's administrative regions by market demand, purchasing power, and cost pressure. Greater Accra is the strongest first-entry market, Ashanti the strongest scale region, and Central the leading third-tier opportunity — using sub-national population projections and regional CPI/inflation by spending category that sits beneath the national averages most tools report.
KANA AI Research
Regional Intelligence
A sector-by-sector ranking of Ghana's economy using quarterly real GDP growth, industrial production, and producer prices. Mining grows fastest but is the most volatile; manufacturing offers the best growth-to-stability trade-off — built on sectoral breakdowns rarely surfaced in general analysis.
KANA AI Research
Sector Intelligence
An empirical analysis of how GHS/USD depreciation transmits into Ghana's consumer prices — overall and by spending category — with a measured 12-month transmission lag. Food and housing show the most persistent pass-through.
KANA AI Research
Macro Intelligence
An assessment of Ghana's regulatory, fiscal, and governance landscape since the 2022 debt crisis and IMF programme — combining World Bank governance indicators, the fiscal and debt trajectory, and recent policy reforms.
KANA AI Research
Governance & Risk
A forward view of Ghana's consumer market built on regional population projections by age cohort. Demand concentrates in Greater Accra and Ashanti, with age structure reshaping which sectors — housing, education, health, goods — grow where.
KANA AI Research
Regional Intelligence
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