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10 AUG 22 :: Ethiopia’s War Ended. Now There’s Hunger and Strife @bpolitics |
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8 AUG 22 :: @SecBlinken heads to Africa ‘to counter Russian influence’ on the continent @FRANCE24 |
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8 AUG 22 :: Is Sri Lanka’s implosion an isolated event or a harbinger of a broader debt crisis? @Shanta_WB & Homi Kharas consider the possibilities in @ForeignAffairs H/T @BrookingsGlobal |
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4 AUG 22 :: .@VodafoneGroup Kenya Partner @SafaricomPLC to Revamp Structure to Spur Expansion @Vodacom @business @bgenga |
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3 AUG 22 :: Which African sovereigns are most likely to default? Robert Besseling |
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1 AUG 22 :: In Africa today, at 6 times revenues is #Ghana hence it going to the IMF, 5 times in Ethiopia and Zambia which have sought debt restructuring, and Nigeria which needs higher oil output (soon) @RencapMan |
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1 AUG 22 :: Creditors Give Zambia Assurances for $1.4 Billion IMF Deal |
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29 JUL 22 :: Is Russia Winning the Battle for African Support? @washingtonpost @opinion @ClaraDFMarques |
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27 JUL 22 :: Al-Shabaab has breached a once impregnable border and punched deep into Ethiopia. It threw over 1k fighters into assault. Fighting still continues. This is unprecedented. So, what is the AS endgame? @RAbdiAnalyst |
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27 JUL 22 :: Isolate Russia? Nobody Told the Global South @business |
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25 JUL 22 :: Article by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov for the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, the Congolese Dispatch de Brazzaville, the Ugandan New Vision, as well as the Ethiopian Ethiopia Herald, July 22, 2022 |
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25 JUL 22 :: @IMFNews told creditors a program negotiation mission will be sent to #Ethiopia b/w "late Sep. to early/mid Oct. provided conditions are right.” @PatrickHeinisc1 |
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22 JUL 22 :: According to the letter distributed to all banks by the National Bank of Ethiopia two days ago, it has been decided to lower the khat price from 10 to 5 USD/ Kg @AddisZeybe |
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22 JUL 22 :: Kenya presidential hopeful @WilliamsRuto promises to publish contracts with China @Reuters @khoureld and @Duncmiriri |
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21 JUL 22 :: The Failure of Sanctions @Consortiumnews |
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18 JUL 22 :: @mfa_russia Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in #Ethiopia on 26 and 27 July and is expected to meet there with several ambassadors to the African Union. The second #Russia - @_AfricanUnion summit is scheduled for October-November 2022 in #Addis_Ababa. |
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18 JUL 22 :: The big default? The dozen countries in the danger zone @Reuters @marcjonesrtrs |
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14 JUL 22 :: Ethiopia is poised to remain East Africa's largest country, with a tripling of the population expected in a still for now very largely rural country, @Kdenkss |
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14 JUL 22 :: Sovereign debt markets have priced in some sort of sovereign debt default/restructuring in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tunisia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador. @simonh_dk |
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14 JUL 22 :: Tanzania is also another massive growth story out in East Africa, if the numbers are accurate it will remain the 2nd largest country in East Africa after Ethiopia. @Kdenkss 2022 - 64.5 million |
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