By Gregory September In a continent where sovereign debt rarely shrinks ahead of schedule, Mozambique has done something that 85 countries with outstanding International Monetary Fund...
By Gregory Simpkins High levels of debt have long plagued some African countries (as well as other countries worldwide). High government debt can have far-reaching impacts...
Africa's Eurobond surge is more than a balance-sheet problem. It is a structural challenge to sovereign economic decision-making - and the continent's thinkers are demanding a...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Before the latest escalation in the Middle East, the baseline forecasts looked manageable, if uneven. Global average food inflation was projected at...
By Wavinya Makai The African Union’s support for the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) is one of the most consequential developments in Africa’s financial history, even...
By Kingsley Moghalu A striking statistic from The Africa Report crystallizes the continent’s fiscal crisis: many of Africa’s poorest countries now spend more on debt service...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly The narrative of African poverty has become the world’s most persistent fiction. It is time to dismantle it entirely. Africa is not...
By Dr. Princess C. Mutisya While global markets fixated on oil volatility and U.S. monetary policy last week, Kenya executed a move that may well mark...
By Dishant Shah A quiet but potent crisis is unfolding across parts of Africa – not the kind marked by war or famine, but one that...
By Daniel Bradlow It hasn’t been easy for African states to finance their developmental and environmental policy objectives over the past few years. Recent events suggest...
Ethiopia received its first credit ratings on Friday, paving the way for a possible debut sovereign debt issue which would give investors another route into Africa’s...
