Africa is home to 41 of the International Monetary Fund’s 59 Low Income Countries. These are more structurally vulnerable to external shocks such as COVID-19. The pandemic is affecting economies as governments implement increasingly aggressive…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at the oil facility in Abqaiq By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Rania El Gamal DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco (SE:) is looking to restructure its deal…
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(Agence Ecofin) – La banque centrale sud-africaine a décidé de réduire à seulement une fois par jour, les interventions supplémentaires sur le marché interbancaire qu’elle avait débuté quelques semaines plus tôt. « La South African Reserve…
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(Agence Ecofin) – La société sud-africaine Dark Fiber Africa (DFA), spécialisée dans la fourniture d’infrastructures et de connectivité en fibres optiques en accès libre, a décroché une licence de construction et d’exploitation de réseau de…
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© Reuters. The headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, is pictured in Beijing BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank said on Sunday it will step up counter-cyclical adjustments to support the…
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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced a significant package of social and economic measures to address the fallout from the country’s COVID-19 lockdown. The package includes a R50 billion increase to the value of…
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The Australian government’s COVIDSafe app has been up and running for almost a fortnight, with more than five million downloads. Unfortunately, since its release many users – particularly those with iPhones – have been in…
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© Reuters. By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia on Sunday raised concern that China is considering imposing hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley, just as tensions rise between the world’s second-biggest economy and…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Dans une correspondance adressée le 22 avril 2020 au président de l’Association des professionnels des établissements de crédit du Cameroun (Apeccam), son homologue de l’Association des compagnies d’assurances du Cameroun (Asac) fait…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Le 5 mai 2020, Cable.co.uk, le comparateur mondial des prix de services télécoms, a dévoilé son classement de 228 pays selon le coût de 1 GB de data mobile. Les données contenues…
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