Search results

New Nigerian bank lending policy may disappoint

Location:

NIGERIA

Nigerian banking innovations.

Prospects for African economies to end-2018

Location:

PROSPECTS H2 2018

Prospects for African Economies.

IMF unlikely to resolve Zambia's debt conundrum

Location:

ZAMBIA

While the G20's new Common Framework for Debt Treatments provides a new mechanism for debt restructuring, it also requires Zambia to convince the IMF that it has disclosed all of…

Angola's banks could face a deepening crisis

Location:

ANGOLA

More than two years of structurally lower oil prices have exposed the nature of the sector’s lending practices, which have been partially obscured by the industry’s rapid growth…

Angolan government will point to early reform progress

Location:

ANGOLA

The underperformance of the oil sector, coupled with a recent fuel distribution crisis, have combined to dampen growth forecasts for 2019. While President Joao Lourenco’s…

Zambian economic gloom likely to worsen

Location:

ZAMBIA

Amid escalating external debt, President Edgar Lungu’s administration recently directed the liquidation of KCM, majority-owned by Vedanta, and is suspected to want to sell these…

Zambia debt crisis faces imminent tipping point

Location:

ZAMBIA

President Edgar Lungu and his Patriotic Front (PF) government are increasingly struggling to mobilise resources to meet repayments amid continued high public spending. Meanwhile…

Zambia faces default despite bondholders’ reprieve

Location:

ZAMBIA

However, rather than reject Lusaka's proposal, a group of creditors abstained from the vote, forcing an adjournment until November 13. That date coincides with the end of Zambia’s…

Politics may constrain Kenya’s post-election recovery

Location:

KENYA

Kenya's post-election ecoonomic outlook.

Nigeria’s 2020 budget plans could prove impossible

Location:

NIGERIA

Nigeria's 2020 budget.