Publications

African Yield Curves Guidebook
22/02/2017
The AFMI believes it is appropriate to produce an African Yield Curves Guidebook that will provide basic details on countries’ attempts to gradually produce and publish their own yield curve, while at the same time highlighting the challenges they face in this endeavour.
Categories: Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, eSwatini, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia

CEEMEA Debt Capital Markets Update
07/11/2016
The CEEMEA primary markets saw a rather quiet week after very high primary issuance volumes over the past month. The weaker market backdrop followed greater noise around the ever closer US presidential elections. Moreover, caution gripped the markets ahead of the NFP announcement, which eventually came at 161,000 or 12,000 below consensus estimate
Categories: Egypt, Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia

The African Debt Market
23/09/2016
Subsequent to the 2008 financial crisis, African governments have found it more difficult to obtain bank funding. As a result, bonds, both domestic and sovereign, are becoming increasingly interesting to African governments as an alternative method of raising capital to fund their domestic development requirements, particularly, in the area of capital intensive infrastructure projects.
Categories: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia

Lions on the move II: Realizing the potential of Africa's economies
16/09/2016
In the 25 years since its founding, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has sought to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy.
Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia

WHERE TO INVEST IN AFRICA: A guide to corporate investment
08/09/2016
RMB is proud to present the sixth edition of Where to Invest in Africa: A Guide to Corporate Investment.
Categories: Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania

African Financial Markets Initiative 2015 Yearly Report
07/09/2016
The year 2015 was a challenging year for Africa’s sovereign African debt markets in the wake of market volatility and the emergence of renewed global economic uncertainty in the latter part of the year.
Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia

African financial markets initiative 2014 yearly report
23/11/2015
Africa is currently the fastest growing continent in the world with a growth rate at 3.9% in 2014, 4.5% in 2015 (Perspectives économiques en Afrique, AfDB, 2015). For this growth to remain steady and sustainable, further financial resources need to be mobilized to cater to the vast infrastructure financing needs.
Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia