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Win A Whole Bitcoin with Yellow Card

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 13, 2023/ — Pan-African fintech, Yellow Card (YellowCard.io) is excited to announce its biggest giveaway ever with “A WHOLE in Your Wallet”. The competition will provide customers with a rare chance to win one Bitcoin (BTC) worth over $23 000 (at the time of publishing). The “A WHOLE in Your Wallet” lucky draw competition will run from 13 February until 26 March, and is open to all customers who buy,…

S&P: Central Asian And Caucasus Currencies Are Unexpected EM Outperfomers

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa): Running against the tide, the currencies of Armenia, Georgia, and Tajikistan have been steadily appreciating over the course of 2022. Exchange rates of these currencies are now significantly above their levels prior to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and among the strongest performers across emerging markets so far this year, S&P Global Ratings said in a report (see attached). Central Asian And Caucasus economies have experienced a massive influx of people from Russia, who fled…

United Kingdom Steps up Climate Adaptation Finance Support for Africa

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – The United Kingdom has announced a significant increase in its financial support to the poorest African countries that bear the brunt of climate change. Speaking alongside African leaders at COP27 in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly confirmed the UK will provide £200 million to the African Development Bank Group’s Climate Action Window, a new mechanism set up to channel climate finance to…

Africa Marks Special Day at 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27)

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – African nations on Tuesday marked a special day on the sidelines of the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt, with a common resolve to mobilize internal and external resources to tackle climate change. The event, dubbed ‘Africa Day,’ provided countries and development partners, including the African Development Bank, the opportunity to highlight measures to tap the continent’s unique economic potential. The African Union Commission, African Development Bank,…

WEBINAR | Pre-emptive debt restructuring: a viable scenario for fragile African sovereigns?

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30 Sep 2022 | The expiry of Covid-19-related support coupled with a surge in the goods import bill has exacerbated pressure on external trade positions for various African sovereigns. We see headwinds intensifying from 2023 onwards in the form of a deepening drought in East Africa, populist-leaning policies aimed at appeasing voter frustrations, large redemptions of external public debt facilities, and moral hazard. The risk profile is fragmented but a common thread can be found…

WEBINAR | Is sterling in the midst of a sell-off or a full-blown crisis?

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27 Sep 2022 | Policy announcements are coming thick and fast in the UK at the moment and have been greeted with the most significant sell-off in UK assets in decades. Is this a case of markets overreacting or have the UK public finances been put on an unsustainable footing? Will the Bank of England react to the fall in sterling or are markets setting themselves up to be disappointed? We will set out our…

Global: Why inflation’s being stubborn and what might make it more so

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – A brief history of monetary and fiscal policy of the twentieth century would go something like this. Monetary policy before the Great Depression of the 1930s was a much more limited endeavour in comparison to its contemporary scope, and it took a back seat to fiscal policy. Under John M. Keynes’ influence of fiscal policy came to be seen as an economic cure-all, relegating monetary policy to the rear…

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