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<p>France has announced cancellation of $5 billion debt owed by Sudan and pledged a $1.5 billion bridge loan to help the country pay its arrears to the International Monetary Fund. Other countries and organisations such as the African Development Bank have done the same. Ahmed Soliman, Research Fellow at Chatham House spoke to CNBC Africa’s Julius Bizimungu for more.</p>


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<p>Rwanda’s economy is expected to rebound to 5.1 per cent in 2021 following a sharp contraction of 3.4 per cent last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund.</p>


Rwanda’s economy expected to rebound to 5.1% in 2021

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<p>The IMF has predicted that economies in sub-Saharan Africa will grow at a 3.4 per cent rate in 2021 but what sectors will be behind this bounce back? Paul Ansah, Senior vice-President at Albright Stonebridge Group joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>The International Monetary Fund says deeper, and more equitable, fiscal effort is needed to address Ghana’s debt vulnerabilities exacerbated by the pandemic.</p>


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<p>There seems to be some optimism on the growth prospects for the South African economy. Last week Moody&#8217;s skipped its rating for South Africa leaving the country at sub investment grade, while the IMF has forecasted South Africa’s GDP growth at 3.1 per cent for this year. Inspite of all this, Bankserv africa insists there will be rapid economic growth in the country. Mike Schüssler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>On April 2nd, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund approved a three year financing package of $2.34 billion to support Kenya&#8217;s next phase of the COVID-19 response.</p>


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IMF approves $2.34bn funding for Kenya

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<p>The Kenya shilling has gained ground against the US dollar over the past few days. This is as forex markets react to sentiments concerning an impending disbursement, in tranches, of the $2.34 billion aid package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Kenya’s coffers. Economic Analyst, Reginald Kadzutu joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>The International Monetary Fund has revised Ghana’s growth rate for the year to 4.6 per cent. The revision comes weeks after Ghana raised $3 billion on the international debt market using a 4-year zero-coupon bond. Rand Merchant Bank jointly led the execution of the Eurobond. The bank’s Head for International Debt Markets, Eyitayo Netufo joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Ghana taps into international capital markets to raise $3bn

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<p>Covid-19 has given rise to an unprecedented response in fiscal policy. In the last twelve months, countries have announced $16 trillion in fiscal actions. However, those measures were expensive and contributed to historically high debt levels. With countries recovering at different speeds, how can everyone be given a fair shot at recovery? Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


IMF’s Gasparon on Africa’s fiscal policy outlook in 2021

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<p>The International Monetary Fund has revised its growth forecast for the Nigerian economy upwards from one per cent in January to 2.5 per cent.  As nation pushes for better post-pandemic recovery, we’ll look at how entrepreneurs can navigate Nigeria’s economic climate. Chukwuka Monye,  Managing Partner at Ciuci Consulting joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How entrepreneurs can navigate the Nigerian economic climate

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<p>The IMF authorities recently reached an agreement with the Kenyan government on economic and structural policies that would stretch over a 3-year period. It is expected that the process would enable Kenya pandemic-stricken economy to recover. Neville Mandimika, Economist at Rand Merchant Bank joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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Kenya, IMF agree on economic policies to revive economy

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<p>The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria’s Inflation could reach as high as 16 per cent at the end of the year with upward pressures from fuel and electricity price increases. Ahead of the official January inflation data, Paul Alaje, Senior Economist at SPM Professionals joins CNBC Africa for an outlook on Nigeria’s inflation.</p>


SPM Professionals on Nigeria’s 2021 inflation outlook

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<p>The IMF says Nigeria&#8217;s recovery is expected to be weak and gradual under current policies, with real GDP growth in 2021 expected to turn positive at 1.5 per cent while recovery to pre-pandemic levels is expected from 2022. Tilewa Adebajo, CEO of CFG Advisory joins CNBC Africa to analyse the IMF&#8217;s projections for Nigeria&#8217; recovery.</p>


CFG Advisory on how Nigeria can achieve sustainable growth

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<p>The IMF says its analysis shows that Nigeria&#8217;s pursuit of multiple objectives, namely price and exchange rate stability, credit growth, domestic industrialization, and fiscal financing, have resulted in a pro-cyclical monetary policy stance.</p>


Financial Derivatives CEO on how to reform Nigeria’s monetary policy framework

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<p>Following the completion of the Article IV consultation in Nigeria, the IMF says revenue mobilisation should be top priority for Africa&#8217;s largest economy in the medium term. While in the short run, the IMF recommended a policy mix heavily tilted towards exchange rate adjustment given the constrained capacity of monetary and fiscal policy .Ari Aisen, IMF’s Resident Representative in Nigeria joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


IMF: Nigerian economy to turn positive in 2021 at 1.5%

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<p>While the global economic projections for 2021 have been revised up, the International Monetary Fund has brought down projections for South Africa’s economic growth by 0.2 percentage points. This, as COVID-19 continues to expose the vulnerabilities of the South African economy. Max Alier, International Monetary Fund Resident Representative in South Africa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


IMF’s 2021 outlook for the South African economy

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<p>Sub-Saharan Africa growth is estimated to rebound at 3.2 per cent in 2021, 0.2 percentage points higher from October forecast, according to the IMF&#8217;s latest economic outlook. How did EAC economies perform?</p>


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Sudan’s debt cancelled by France, AfDB & others

Rwanda’s economy expected to rebound to 5.1% in 2021

Albright Stonebridge Group: Agriculture, vaccine rollout essential to Africa’s COVID-19 recovery

IMF completes 2021 Article IV consultation in Ghana

Rapid growth forecasted for South African economy

IMF approves $2.34bn funding for Kenya

What’s behind the Kenya shilling’s sharp appreciation?

Ghana taps into international capital markets to raise $3bn

IMF’s Gasparon on Africa’s fiscal policy outlook in 2021

How entrepreneurs can navigate the Nigerian economic climate

Kenya, IMF agree on economic policies to revive economy

SPM Professionals on Nigeria’s 2021 inflation outlook

CFG Advisory on how Nigeria can achieve sustainable growth

Financial Derivatives CEO on how to reform Nigeria’s monetary policy framework

IMF: Nigerian economy to turn positive in 2021 at 1.5%

IMF’s 2021 outlook for the South African economy

IMF: SSA economies projected to rebound by 3.2% in 2021

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Sudan’s debt cancelled by France, AfDB & others

Rwanda’s economy expected to rebound to 5.1% in 2021

Albright Stonebridge Group: Agriculture, vaccine rollout essential to Africa’s COVID-19 recovery

IMF completes 2021 Article IV consultation in Ghana

Rapid growth forecasted for South African economy

IMF approves $2.34bn funding for Kenya

What’s behind the Kenya shilling’s sharp appreciation?

Ghana taps into international capital markets to raise $3bn

IMF’s Gasparon on Africa’s fiscal policy outlook in 2021

How entrepreneurs can navigate the Nigerian economic climate

Kenya, IMF agree on economic policies to revive economy

SPM Professionals on Nigeria’s 2021 inflation outlook

CFG Advisory on how Nigeria can achieve sustainable growth

Financial Derivatives CEO on how to reform Nigeria’s monetary policy framework

IMF: Nigerian economy to turn positive in 2021 at 1.5%

IMF’s 2021 outlook for the South African economy

IMF: SSA economies projected to rebound by 3.2% in 2021

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