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COP27 lays foundations for long-term investment opportunities in Africa

29 November 2022

After several days of focused negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, this year’s COP27 closed with a sense of comfort that the needs of emerging and developing markets have not been overlooked.

Refinitiv partners with Nairobi Stock Exchange to enhance transparency of secondary Fixed Income market in Kenya

24 February 2021

Refinitiv partnered with the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) to enhance Fixed Income (FI) price discovery and raise market transparency in Kenya.

Africa’s local currency debt capital markets are seeing a surge in activity

12 August 2020

As a result of the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, global primary debt capital market activity for sub-Saharan Africa has been subdued.

Africa braces for a post-pandemic world

03 June 2020

A slower than expected recovery in commodity prices will be a drag on Africa’s economic growth as the world emerges from lockdown. Isaah Mhlanga, chief economist at Alexander Forbes, said the impact on so-called single commodity countries would be even worse, siting Angola and Ghana (oil) and Zambia (copper), among others. He was presenting on the economic consequences of COVID-19 for Africa, during a media webinar held on 28 May 2020. Africa also faces a significant decline in economic activity as developed world demand falters.

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