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Analysis: Decade after debt relief, Africa’s rush to borrow stirs concern

November 3, 2021 at 8:27 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nearly a decade after Nelson Mandela and anti-poverty activists Bono and Bob Geldof persuaded the rich world to forgive Africa's crushing debts, many countries' debt levels are...

Analysis: Decade after debt relief, Africa’s rush to borrow stirs concern

December 23, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nearly a decade after Nelson Mandela and anti-poverty activists Bono and Bob Geldof persuaded the rich world to forgive Africa's crushing debts, many countries' debt levels are...

Ecobank ‘grew too fast’, says top shareholder

November 3, 2021 at 8:24 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Pan-African lender Ecobank grew too fast in a short space of time, its biggest shareholder said on Wednesday, potentially signaling a slowdown in the rapid expansion that...

Ecobank ‘grew too fast’, says top shareholder

December 23, 2018 at 4:45 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Pan-African lender Ecobank grew too fast in a short space of time, its biggest shareholder said on Wednesday, potentially signaling a slowdown in the rapid expansion that...

Africa set to grow at 5.3 percent in 2014: World Bank

August 24, 2021 at 4:06 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth should increase to 5.3 percent next year, with strong private and public investment underpinning the region's robust performance, the World Bank said on...

Insight – Africa makes the grade for richest U.S. university investors

August 24, 2021 at 12:54 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - America's wealthiest universities are venturing into Africa's fast-growing frontier markets in search of outsized investment returns that will allow them to offer scholarships, lure star professors and...

Nigeria $1 billion Eurobonds four times oversubscribed

August 24, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nigeria comfortably raised $1 billion in its return to the Eurobond market on Tuesday, taking advantage of a short period of relative calm in otherwise turbulent markets...

Foreign direct investment to Africa closes in on 2008 peak

August 24, 2021 at 10:41 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment to Africa is set to rise by more than 10 percent in 2013, approaching its 2008 record high, with the fast-growing sub-Saharan region likely...

Heineken aims to whet African women’s appetite for beer

August 24, 2021 at 9:31 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A thirst for beer among Africa's middle classes is driving the world's biggest brewers to invest on the continent, but getting women to drink the beverage is...

Analysis: Jilted Africa cool to U.S. vote after Obama fever fades

August 23, 2021 at 4:47 p.m.

KOGELO, Kenya/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the tiny Kenyan village of Kogelo, U.S. President Barack Obama's ancestral homeland, some people talk of hurt feelings of the kind experienced when a favorite...

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