Opportunities in: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Capital Markets
Edited by Richard Segal
Few would have predicted even five years ago that countries such as Benin and Burkina Faso would today have sovereign credit ratings at all, let alone ratings as high as Single B. This is indicative of the quiet yet radical change across Sub-Saharan Africa’s banking and capital markets sector recently, where a picture of opportunity is emerging for those banks and investors willing to venture into a region long-considered too risky.
Opportunities in: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Capital Markets is the most comprehensive and authoritative analysis available on the region’s economic and banking sector transformation. It tracks the reforms that have been made in recent years and highlights the openings they have created. It also assesses what further changes are needed to unlock the region’s full potential.
Featuring insightful contributions from leading banking practitioners from the private sector as well as from supranationals such as the World Bank and the IMF, and packed with practical advice on doing business in the region, this report should be essential reading for anyone looking to exploit its rich potential while avoiding its not inconsiderable pitfalls.
The report features country profiles, each providing:
- Country economic overview
- Forward-looking political and economic risks
- Investment regulations, exchange and currency controls
- Recent capital market developments
- Financial sector overview
- Government securities markets
- Ratings agency summaries
Countries profiled include:
Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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