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Kenya faces growing fiscal consolidation challenges

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KENYA

The weakness of the Kenyan shilling, which is constantly hitting new record lows, has generated so much concern that, on October 24, parliament summoned the central bank governor…

Debt overhang threatens Kenya’s infrastructure plans

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KENYA

Kenya's debt difficulties.

Mozambique’s FRELIMO will push for pre-poll debt boost

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MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique's debt strategy.

'Lifeline' loans to Angola will not spur reform

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ANGOLA

Outlook for Angola's relations with its creditors.

Reforming Nigeria's oil sector will have mixed success

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NIGERIA

Revelations by an investigative commission that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) withheld 25 billion dollars from the federal government between 2011 and 2015…

Kenya bank woes belie strong 2016 growth prospects

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KENYA

However, Kenya's wider economic prospects are buoyant, underlined by the IMF's robust 6.0% GDP growth forecast for 2016 and 6.1% in 2017.

African indebtedness is critical but still reversible

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AFRICA

African debt crisis?

Nigeria’s infrastructure backlog could worsen

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NIGERIA

Infrastructure shortfalls.

South Africa's parastatals face growing turmoil

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SOUTH AFRICA

This comes amid reports that the state-owned airline will shortly receive a 10-billion-rand (760-million-dollar) bailout from the government, with almost 7 billion rand in debts…

Kenya should manage its public debt

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KENYA

Boosting exports would stabilise Kenya's account and reduce the risk of currency depreciation, both important for Nairobi's ability to manage public debt. Kenya has increased…