Next Africa

Oil Shock and Tax Backlash Risk Kenya’s Revival

A raft of new levies have eroded household incomes and frustrated businesses.
Nairobi, Kenya, in June.Photographer: Kang-Chun Cheng/Bloomberg

Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition, we look at growing risks that threaten to scupper Kenya’s economic recovery.

Apartment-block construction sites — and billboards hawking them — dot almost every street corner in Nairobi.