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    Africa

    Hosted by GFC Media Group and officially supported by South Africa’s National Treasury, the prestigious Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa event, designed to bring together key borrowers, issuers and investors, returns for the 6th edition on the 5th & 6th of April 2017, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

    Rating agency Moody’s has given a negative outlook to several countries in sub-Saharan Africa for 2017 against a backdrop of the liquidity stress facing commodity-dependent countries, subdued economic growth, and persistent political risk.

    The Rating Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) sovereigns in 2017 remains Negative, reflecting continued weakness of fiscal and external balances, rising government debt, weak economic growth and, in some countries, risks of political instability, says Fitch Ratings in a new report.

    SimbaPay – a London based digital money transfer provider – today announced the launch of its money transfer service to Ghana and Uganda. Using the SimbaPay app or website, Ghanaians and Ugandans living in Europe can now send money to mobile phones in Ghana or Uganda instantly.

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