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The Cost of Capital: Redefining Africa’s Global Opportunity

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By Sanda Ojiambo
| efficacynews.africa
According to the African Development Bank, African economies face commercial borrowing rates that are four times higher than those in the United States and twelve times higher than those in Germany. In international capital markets, the gap is even wider. African countries pay up to five times more in interest than they would through multilateral institutions like the World Bank or the AfDB. This has a significant economic effect. Capital at this price does not support growth; it limits it.
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The Cost of Capital: Redefining Africa’s Global Opportunity

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By Sanda Ojiambo
| TIME Africa Verified
According to the African Development Bank, African economies face commercial borrowing rates that are four times higher than those in the United States and twelve times higher than those in Germany. In international capital markets, the gap is even wider. African countries pay up to five times more in interest than they would through multilateral institutions like the World Bank or the AfDB. This has a significant economic effect. Capital at this price does not support growth; it limits it.
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United Nations: business can’t build economic resilience from the sidelines

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By Sanda Ojiambo
| Yahoo Finance Verified
But businesses bring something equally critical: operational reality. Companies understand where projects stall. They understand supply chains, procurement timelines, customer demand, construction risk and the practical constraints of operating in frontier and emerging markets. They know where capital structures become commercially unworkable and where transaction timelines fail to align with business reality.
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