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Is Africa on the Creditor’s hook?

"This article provides a detailed analysis of the increasing external debt burden faced by Sub-Saharan African countries, highlighting a 15.5% surge to $535 billion in 2018. The heavy indebtedness of numerous African nations poses a significant risk of potential debt distress. Despite concerns about debt sustainability, many poorer countries in the region continue to accumulate debt at an alarming rate. The document focuses on countries like Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and more that have benefitted from debt relief programs, but still face challenges. The rising debt levels have outpaced economic growth, with future debt service payments forecasted to escalate. Various factors, including rising global interest rates and fluctuating commodity prices, contribute to the debt crisis. Additionally, the shift in external borrowing patterns towards non-traditional creditors and increased bond issuance further complicates the debt situation."

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Is Africa on the Creditor’s hook?

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  1. Is AfricaontheCreditor’s hook? Overview of the continent’s debt situation Berlin Germany 6 December 2018 Fanwell Kenala BOKOSI, PhD

  2. Sub-Saharan Africa: 15.5 percent increase in external debt to $535 billion from $463 billion in 2016 The external debt stock of these countries has doubled since 2010. Signals a potential debt distress for most African countries Rising concerns about debt sustainability did not slow debt accumulation in many of the poorer countries in the region

  3. Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) and Multilateral Debt Relief (MDRI) Tunisia Morocco Algeria Libya Western Sahara (Morocco) Egypt Mauritania Relieved 36 participating countries of $99 billion in debt. Niger Eritrea Senegal Sudan Djibouti Mali Chad The Gambia Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Guinea Benin Nigeria Ethiopia Côte d'Ivoire Togo Sierra Leone Central African Republic Ghana South Sudan Liberia Cameroon B=Burundi Somalia EG=Equatorial Guinea EG Uganda Kenya São Tomé and Príncipe L=Lesotho Gabon Congo Republic DR Congo R R=Rwanda B S=Swaziland Tanzania 30 Sub-Saharan African countries Comoros Mayotte (France) Angola Malawi Zambia The combined external debt stock of rose 11 percent in 2017, compared to 7 percent in 2016. Mozambique Zimbabwe Namibia Madagascar Botswana S L South Africa

  4. accumulated external debt at a faster pace than low- and middle-income countries in other regions in 2017 23 Percent increase from 2010 The rise in external debt stocks has outpaced economic growth in much of the region 90 percent Increase from 2010

  5. Tunisia INCREASE IN EXTERNAL DEBT STOCK Morocco Algeria Libya Western Sahara (Morocco) Egypt Mauritania Niger Eritrea Senegal Sudan Djibouti Mali Chad The Gambia Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Guinea Benin Nigeria Ethiopia Côte d'Ivoire Togo Sierra Leone Central African Republic Ghana South Sudan Liberia Cameroon B=Burundi Somalia EG=Equatorial Guinea EG Uganda Kenya São Tomé and Príncipe L=Lesotho Gabon Congo Republic DR Congo R R=Rwanda B S=Swaziland Tanzania Comoros Mayotte (France) Angola Malawi Zambia Mozambique Zimbabwe Namibia Madagascar Botswana S L South Africa

  6. HIPC/MDRI >60 % DEBT/GNI Tunisia Morocco Algeria Libya Western Sahara (Morocco) Egypt Mauritania Niger Eritrea Senegal Sudan Djibouti Mali Chad The Gambia Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Guinea Benin Nigeria Ethiopia Côte d'Ivoire Togo Sierra Leone Central African Republic Ghana South Sudan Liberia Cameroon B=Burundi Somalia EG=Equatorial Guinea EG Uganda Kenya São Tomé and Príncipe L=Lesotho Gabon Congo Republic DR Congo R R=Rwanda B S=Swaziland Tanzania Comoros Mayotte (France) Angola Malawi Zambia Mozambique Zimbabwe Namibia Madagascar Botswana S L South Africa

  7. Future debt service payments rise steeply, or remain elevated, over the next two to five years Tunisia Morocco Algeria Libya Western Sahara (Morocco) Egypt Mauritania Niger Eritrea Senegal Sudan Djibouti Mali Chad The Gambia Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Guinea Benin Nigeria Ethiopia Côte d'Ivoire Togo Sierra Leone Central African Republic Ghana South Sudan Liberia Cameroon B=Burundi Somalia EG=Equatorial Guinea EG Uganda Kenya São Tomé and Príncipe L=Lesotho Gabon Congo Republic DR Congo R R=Rwanda B S=Swaziland Tanzania Comoros Mayotte (France) Angola Malawi Zambia Mozambique Zimbabwe Namibia Madagascar Botswana S L South Africa

  8. >200 % in 14 countries 6 countries in 2010 DEBT SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNS 54 %of countries over 150 % (28 % in 2010) 33% of countries in the region had a debt service-to-export ratio above 10 % The total debt service payments projected to rise to $44 billion in 2018 double the 2017 figures Bullet repayments falling due on maturing international bond issues Rising global interest rates 34.2 % in 2017 (50% higher than in 2010) Fluctuating Commodity Prices

  9. Bond issuance and syndicated commercial bank loans Rising external debt in Sub-Saharan Africa has been accompanied by important changes in external borrowing patterns Increase in financing from non-traditional bilateral creditors and from private creditors Official bilateral and multilateral creditors (60 % of total long-term external debt stock in 2017) still the biggest lender Multilaterals still the most important official lender. However, their share of total long-term external debt has declined to 34 % from 44 % in 2010 a significant change in the composition of external bilateral creditors The Paris Club creditors accounted for just 5 % of the long-term public and publicly guaranteed external debt stock in 2017, down from 20% in 2010. China has accounted for over 60 percent of the region’s long-term debt owed to bilateral creditors in 2017. External Borrowing Patterns

  10. Amount held by bondholders was $105 billion - 29 % of the outstanding long-term external debt (13 % in 2010 Access to international capital markets has added to the external borrowing options of a rising number of Sub-Saharan African countries Bond issuance by sovereign governments and public-sector entities in the region rose to $27 billion Private creditors and lending by commercial banks and other private entities, accounted for 40 % of the long-term debt stock

  11. Tunisia BOND ISSUANCE 2017 Morocco $1.1 billion Algeria Libya Western Sahara (Morocco) Egypt Mauritania Niger Eritrea Senegal Sudan Djibouti Mali Chad The Gambia Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Guinea Benin Nigeria Ethiopia Côte d'Ivoire Togo Sierra Leone Central African Republic Ghana South Sudan Liberia $2 billion Cameroon B=Burundi Somalia EG=Equatorial Guinea EG Uganda Kenya São Tomé and Príncipe L=Lesotho Gabon Congo Republic $4.8 billion DR Congo R R=Rwanda B S=Swaziland Tanzania $0.2 billion Comoros Mayotte (France) Angola Malawi Zambia Mozambique Zimbabwe Namibia Madagascar Botswana S L South Africa

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