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Targeting the cost of capital

A continent-wide risk assessor is taking on the big three rating agencies to counter the ‘Africa risk premium’

On the fringes of the African Union (AU) summit on 14 February, leaders announced the launch of the African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) planned for June to counter...


Growth is still chasing demographics

Inflation is falling but capital is scarce and a host of climate and trade disruptors hold back progress

Africa is set for faster growth and lower inflation this year – and the World Bank has upgraded growth projections for 2025 and 2026 – partly due to...

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Ouattara ups the ante on the eco

Côte d’Ivoire’s President has said he wants to launch the new regional common currency, by 2026 at the latest

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have increased the pressure to move to a new regional common currency among the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) a year earlier...

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A fragile recovery

The region’s economies boast healthy growth rates but weak currencies, debt distress and unpopular taxes threaten

Finance ministers in East Africa’s leading economies – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – kept to the tradition of releasing their budget plans for 2024/25 on 13 June.


Biggest economies turn laggards

Smaller countries will grow faster this year but will be held back by a lacklustre outturn in the continent's biggest economies

Forecasts by the World Bank, IMF, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN that the continent's economies should grow faster this year should be set against its...


Central bankers hunt for foreign exchange

From negative-equity Ghana to South Africa with its sizeable gold holdings, emerging markets are scrambling for liquidity

What happens when your central bank starts losing money? Less than you might think, in practical term at least. Ghanaians were horrified to hear their central bank –...


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