IN THE NEWS
Bloomberg: “Zimbabwe is the worst prepared country in southern Africa” to deal with COVID-19, according to PANGEA-RISK January 26, 2021
GTR announces EXX Africa’s expansion of country coverage into the Middle East and re-branding in December November 25, 2020
TXF’s Jonathan Bell interviews EXX Africa’s Robert Besseling on formation of new venture Pangea-Risk expanding into the Middle East November 25, 2020
CNBC: Zambia will prioritise paying back development financing loans, but continue to default on commercial debt ahead of 2021 elections (EXX Africa) November 24, 2020
AFP: Zambia’s total Chinese debt ”could be between $6 billion and $9 billion” as the country steers toward a Zimbabwe scenario following default (EXX Africa) November 20, 2020
CNBC Africa: Ethiopia’s ”Tigrayan offensive and its perceived authoritarianism is jeopardizing the country’s relations with key economic partners” (EXX Africa) November 18, 2020
Bloomberg: “If the Ethiopian offensive into Tigray stalls or fails, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will face a severe threat to his own authority” (EXX Africa) November 12, 2020
LUSA news agency reports on the EXX Africa survey on Angola ahead of Independence Day protests in Luanda November 10, 2020
Deutsche Welle (DW) reports on the EXX Africa survey in Angola ahead of fresh protests this week November 10, 2020
AFP: ‘Growing back the Zimbabwe economy on buoyant global gold prices was unrealistic’, says EXX Africa on Zimbabwe budget November 9, 2020
Bloomberg: “We are monitoring several potential conflict escalation pathways”, says EXX Africa on Ethiopia-Tigray conflict November 9, 2020
CNBC Africa: ”A key economic risk, according to EXX Africa, is the potential for disruption to commercial assets” in Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests November 4, 2020
Read EXX Africa’s editorial on a post-covid-19 outlook in Into Africa, Capital Markets Africa November 2, 2020
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Bloomberg: ”Massive, and often yet-to-be-borrowed, funds have fallen prey to entrenched patronage networks” (EXX Africa) September 7, 2020
Bloomberg cites EXX Africa analysis and research into COVID-19-related corruption in Africa September 3, 2020
EXX Africa: ”Chinese project finance loans to Zambia amount to between $6bn and $9bn…” (AFP) July 22, 2020
