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Transaction Banking

GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2025: Global, Regional And Country Winners

Amid consistently high geopolitical tensions, a shifting interest rate environment in developed and developing economies, and the increasing threat of...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ghana: Domestic Funding For Cocoa

Ghana’s decision to exclude international banks from funding cocoa production may have opened opportunities for its domestic financiers and traders...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

South Africa: Overcoming Headwinds

South Africa seeks the return of foreign investment. South Africa, with the continent’s most diverse and sophisticated economy, retains its...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Unfazed, South African Banks Expand

South African banks are expected to soar above the country’s economic challenges, capitalizing on robust capital outlays, diverse investment, and...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The Eurobond Returns

International investors will likely have the opportunity to invest in another African eurobond issue after the Cote d’Ivoire marked sub-Saharan...

Banking

GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2024—Global, Regional And Country Winners

The volatile foreign exchange (FX) markets challenge CFOs and corporate treasurers when managing their currency risks and reporting financial results....

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa: Finding New Funders

African sovereigns and banks are looking for alternative funding sources as their access to the eurobond market dries up.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa: Standard Bank CEO Skeptical Of Retail CBDCS

The IMF has conducted CBDC workshops in Africa covering issues posed by central bank-governed virtual digital assetsbut adoption has been sluggish.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

African Bonds Oversubscribed

The African bond market is heating up again after years of sovereign defaults and Covid-related headwinds.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Zambia: Diversifying FDI

Investors look to Zambia due to its positive economic atmosphere.

News

Africa: Issuances Come To A Halt

Only three African countries—Angola, Nigeria and South Africa—issued Eurobonds since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war because of tightening financial conditions.

Banking

Africa Erupts As A Deal Hotbed

Resilient global venture capital flows are propping up Africa’s tech startups.