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Ethiopia predicts record $1.5B foreign direct investment in 2015

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Capital Markets in Africa):- Foreign direct investment into Ethiopia will reach a record $1.5bn this year, on the back of successful efforts by the fast-growing and populous African country to attract overseas manufacturing companies. Only seven years ago, the country with a population of 94m drew only $108.5m in inward investments from overseas. But it has been growing at double-digit rates, thanks to increased relocation of factories, attracted by low wages, cheap…

Ghana seeks bridge financing of up to $1 bln in H1 2015

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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana will seek bridge finance of between $300 million and $1 billion in the first half of this year to redeem maturing domestic debt, according to a memo to parliament signed by Finance Minister Seth Terkper.The debt finance plan emerged as Moody’s downgraded Ghana’s sovereign rating and put the West African country on a negative outlook to reflect its increasing debt burden, large fiscal imbalances and a sharp weakening of the cedi…

Ghana: Bank of Ghana Maintains Policy Rate at 21%

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In line with our expectation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) maintained the policy rate at 21%, continuing the tight monetary stance. Inflation for Jan-15 eased for the first time in 16 months by 60bps to 16.4%, weighed down by the declining crude oil price and a relative stability in exchange rate and utility prices. Despite the downward pressure from the low crude oil price and improved inflation expectations, the…

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