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Elections – Guinea-Bissau: Former Cameroonian footballer Samuel Eto’o invited to animate Madem-G15 campaign

The former Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o arrived in Guinea-Bissau Monday to animate the election campaign of the Movement for Democratic Change (Madem-G15), announcing the party that is running for the legislative elections on June 4. Currently president of the Cameroon soccer Federation, Eto’o is being announced in the official organs of Madem-G15 as a “guest […]

African govts in fiscal bind amid high interest rates and debt squeeze

With the interest rates likely to stay high in 2024, governments across Africa are presented with a unique challenge and dilemma as they struggle to pay off rising levels of accumulated debt at the same time as they are being urged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut costly fuel subsidies and raise more […]

Tunisia to tap Sukuk market

Tunisia will be introducing its financial transactions to Sukuk for the first time next year alongside Egypt according to CIMB Group Holdings and OCBC Al-Amin Bank with the global sukuk sales tipped to surpass 2012 record of $46 billion in 2013. Sukuk has been attracting countries after the global economic crises took centre stage. Countries […]