In early April, D.Trump signed an executive order implementing a new trade tariff policy that will impose additional  tariffs on imports from most of the world's trading partners. While the direct impact of the tariffs, finally suspended  for 90 days, would only partially affect African countries, their indirect effects would have more far-reaching  implications.  

African Eurobonds recorded a very good year in 2024, outperforming all major bond benchmarks.

Context More than three years after requesting a debt restructuring under the G20 Common Framework, Ethiopia reached Ethiopia has finally...

Asset class key facts African Eurobonds, represented by the EMBI Africa index, performed well at mid-year, up 6.3% (in USD terms), well...

Context After defaulting on its debt in November 2020, Zambia is finalizing its debt restructuring. The government especially  succeeded...

Performances: The year 2023 ends on a positive note for the financial markets, with a strong rebound in equities and bonds driven by the...

Access to the international bond market by African countries is recent. The first Eurobonds were issued in the mid-1990s by South Africa....

Public sector debt ratios have increased in Africa over the past decade. Public debt has increased from an average of 40% of GDP in 2010...