September 14, 2023/Fitch Ratings The world economy is likely to grow a bit faster in 2023 than Fitch Ratings expected in its June Global Economic Outlook (GEO), but the deepening slump in China’s property market is casting a shadow over global growth prospects, just as monetary tightening increasingly weighs on […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Productive Lending – Filling the $330Bn Funding Gap for African SMEs with Compelling Risk-Adjusted Returns
September 14, 2023/DAI Magister Written by Omar Makkawy, Analyst at DAI Magister Investors are steering clear of Africa’s non-bank lending sector amid prevailing macroeconomic conditions marked by high interest rates and slowing growth. However, pockets of opportunities with compelling risk-adjusted returns remain within productive asset-backed financing. Africa’s non-bank lending sector is multifaceted, encompassing […]
Fall Outs of the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference
September 14, 2023/CSL Research President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was able to secure a pledge of investments worth US$14bn from Indian private investors and the Indian government at the Nigeria-India presidential roundtable and conference. These pledges are to be invested in the energy, petrochemical and steel sectors. One of the major […]
