November 20, 2020/United Capital Report Last Friday, Zambia became the first African economy in the pandemic era to default on a part of its debt after predictably failing to make an interest payment on a Eurobond. Recall that the country, in September, requested that interest rates for 3 Eurobonds be […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Time is Ripe for Innovation in the World of Sovereign Debt Restructuring
November 19, 2020/IMFBlog By Peter Breuer and Charles Cohen When corporations have too much debt and need to restructure i, creditors often end up exchanging bonds or loans for stocks. They trade the guaranteed payout of a fixed-income investment for an equity position whose return depends on the company’s future […]
One Continent, Many Different Security Priorities: KnowBe4’s Security Snapshot of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Big Three
Ransomware, malware and phishing are generally seen as threats, though this changes considerably at a granular level November 19, 2020/KnowBe4 Key findings: The 2020 KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com) African Report based on their “What keeps you up at night?” survey, reveals a landscape with some shared concerns, but many divergent ones as well. Ransomware, […]
