{"id":553426,"date":"2021-12-02T03:58:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/02\/china-to-scale-back-africa-loans-amid-soaring-debt\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T03:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:58:16","slug":"china-to-scale-back-africa-loans-amid-soaring-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/02\/china-to-scale-back-africa-loans-amid-soaring-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"China to scale back Africa loans amid soaring debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-10\"><\/a> <strong>China is scaling back the value of loans it hands out to African countries<\/strong> in what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b7bd253a-766d-41b0-923e-9f6701176916\">the Financial Times<\/a> suggests is evidence of a growing wariness at the level of debt being taken on by countries on the continent. Beijing pledged to lend USD 40 bn in investment, credit lines, trade finance and special drawing rights to African nations over the next three years, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced at this week\u2019s Forum on China\u2013Africa Cooperation. This is a third less than the USD 60 bn China pledged at the previous two summits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The news comes as China has denied it has plans to take over Uganda\u2019s only international airport <\/strong>if the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/rates-bonds\/china-rejects-allegations-it-may-grab-ugandan-airport-if-country-defaults-loan-2021-11-29\/\">defaults on a USD 200 mn facility<\/a> it took from Beijing to expand the facility. \u201cA parliamentary probe last month concluded that <strong>China had imposed onerous conditions on the loan<\/strong>, including potential forfeiture of the airport in case of default, sparking public outrage,\u201d Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Afghanistan will likely suffer one of the worst economic meltdowns in history <\/strong>within a year following the Taliban\u2019s takeover, according to new data published by the UNDP, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/465d3d35-af55-49c7-a9b8-0395550d9cdf\">FT<\/a> reported. The UN has forecast Afghanistan\u2019s GDP to shrink 20%, an abrupt drop they have never seen before that could result in nine out of 10 Afghans falling beneath the poverty line. <strong>For comparison: <\/strong>It took five years of civil war in Syria to achieve a similar economic contraction.<\/p>\n<div class='stock-ticker-panel'>\n<table class='table stock-ticker-table table-striped markets-table'>\n<tbody>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>EGX30 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>11,420<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.2% (YTD: +5.3%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-none'>\n<td class='td-list-none'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>USD (CBE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Buy 15.66<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Sell 15.76<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-none'>\n<td class='td-list-none'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>USD at CIB<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Buy 15.66<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Sell 15.76<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-none'>\n<td class='td-list-none'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Interest rates CBE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>8.25% deposit<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>9.25% lending<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Tadawul<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>10,850<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.8% (YTD: +24.9%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>ADX<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>8,547<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.8% (YTD: +69.4%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>DFM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>3,073<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.4% (YTD: +23.3%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-down'>\n<td class='td-list-down'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets1'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets1'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>S&P 500<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>4,513<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>-1.2% (YTD: +20.2%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>FTSE 100<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>7,169<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+1.6% (YTD: +11.0%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-down'>\n<td class='td-list-down'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets1'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets1'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Brent crude<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 68.87<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>-0.5%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Natural gas <\/strong>(Nymex)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 4.29<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.7%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-down'>\n<td class='td-list-down'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets1'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets1'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 1,783<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>-0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-down'>\n<td class='td-list-down'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets1'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets1'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>BTC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 56,732<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>-0.6% (as of midnight)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>THE CLOSING BELL-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The EGX30 rose 0.2% at yesterday\u2019s close<\/strong> on turnover of EGP 1.05 bn (26.9% below the 90-day average). Foreign investors were net buyers. The index is up 5.3% YTD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the green: <\/strong>Qalaa Holdings (+3.7%), Rameda (+3.5%) and Egyptian Resorts Company (+3.3%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the red: <\/strong>CIRA (-2.4%), Fawry (-2.2%) and EFG Hermes (-1.3%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is scaling back the value of loans it hands out to African countries in what the Financial Times suggests is evidence of a growing wariness at the level of debt being taken on by countries on the continent. 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