Africa Loans
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Evidence emerges of banks discriminating over lending and bond mandates -
The $750m loan is the first facility linked to both environmental and social KPIs issued by a South African bank
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Project intended to increase supply of copper and cobalt for the energy transition
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Irish energy company seeks $750m from bank consortium headed by Afreximbank
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The $306m sustainability-linked loan funds assets in seven African countries
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State-owned borrower signs loan after Ghana begins talks with IMF
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Banks were keen on the borrower despite Ghana’s financial woes
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Borrowers are reluctant to make deals more complicated when securing any loan is tough
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Hopes IMF programme will help restore market access
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Both lenders and borrowers hate the pricing on offer, depending on which part of the market they occupy
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EM borrowers turning to bank finance but loan market window will not last forever
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Western lenders had planned to stand by Russia until the invasion of Ukraine in February
