Cameroon’s Regional Debt Tops CFA2 Trillion, or US$3.6 Billion
Cameroon Treasury debt on the CEMAC market reached CFA2.061 trillion at end-July 2026, with annual growth slowing sharply to 4.1%...
September 3, 2026Topic
sovereign debt
Senegal Wins US$2.2 Billion From the IMF and Shields Its CFA Debt
The Senegal debt treatment plan leaves CFA-denominated debt outside restructuring, hours after an IMF staff-level deal worth about US$2.2 billion.
September 3, 2026
South Africa Lays the Groundwork for Its First Green Bond
A South Africa green bond is being prepared for issue before March 2027, with size and timing to be decided...
September 2, 2026
Moody’s Cuts Senegal to Caa2 as Debt Nears 108% of GDP
The Senegal credit rating is now Caa2, after a Moody's downgrade citing public debt near 108% of GDP and interest...
September 1, 2026
Angola’s Deficit More Than Quadrupled While Oil Prices Were Rising
The Angola fiscal deficit widened 326% to 3,943.8 billion kwanzas in the first half of 2026, about US$4.3 billion, even...
August 25, 2026
Nigeria Has Drawn on a US$5 Billion Abu Dhabi Loan It Will Not Explain
The Nigeria Abu Dhabi loan is a US$5 billion swap secured on federal bonds, and the finance minister says its...
August 23, 2026
Kenyan Banks Hold US$17 Billion of Their Own Government’s Debt
Kenya banks government debt holdings run to about KSh 2.2 trillion, or US$17 billion, which the World Bank puts at...
August 23, 2026
Kenya Moved Three Railway Loans Out of Dollars and Into Yuan
Kenya yuan debt has more than doubled to 11.7% of external borrowing, worth about US$5.1bn, after three SGR loans were...
August 21, 2026
Zambia Election Result Hands Hichilema a Second Term Outright
Zambia election result: the electoral commission declared Hakainde Hichilema the winner with 2.97 million votes, clearing the runoff threshold outright.
August 18, 2026