Nigeria Fiscal Situation Signaling A Debt Crisis
Nigeria’s plan to raise a $2.86 billion Eurobond and simultaneously raise minimum wage could lead to a significant deterioration in…
Kenya Economic Performance “Stabilizing”
Stable Outlook Reflects Agency Expectation Of Growth Global rating agency SP Global last month places the sub-Saharan nation of Kenya…
Renminbi’s Integration Into Africa Set To Continue
In global trade corridors, the renminbi (RMB) is maturing, albeit with some teething issues as it evolves from an emerging…
Digital Banking In Africa: Bridging The Gap
“A Financial Revolution Is Underway In Sub-Saharan Africa” And it’s being led by mobile phones. There were 277 million registered…
Nigeria Issues Sovereign ‘Green’ Bond
Nigeria, one of sub-Saharan Africa‘s largest economies, has officially become the first nation to issue a Climate Bonds Certified Sovereign Green Bond, making…
Africa Sovereigns Facing Financing “Stress”–Moody’s
Risks around sovereign financing stress around sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are on the rise, as the peak of maturing international debt approaches and…
Fitch Takes Namibia Down To “Junk”
Fitch Ratings this month announced that it had downgraded Namibia to junk status, just two weeks after the country’s finance minister Calle Schlettwein…
China, Africa Trade Remains Unbalanced
Trade Dependence For Commodity Exporters Remains Risky Nearly two decades after the launch of the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation,…
Kenya: Outlook Worsening Over Domestic Politics
With its August elections annulled and re-polling now set for late October, Emerging Market Views examines the current political and…
Emerging Markets Continuing “Positive Run”
Emerging markets (EM) continued their positive run over the summer, predominately boosted by a weaker US dollar, robust global trade…
In Emerging Markets, Engaging Conversations At Scale
With thousands of consumers coming online every day, continental Africa is fertile ground for not only consumer goods but targeted…
Angola Struggling Amid Low Oil
Country Response Not Sufficient Angola’s policy response to the international oil price environment has weakened over the last year. Coupled…
