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Investors should keep an eye on the presidential elections slated for this year,<\/strong> Bloomberg says<\/a> in its guide for what investors should watch for in 10 key African markets in 2018. The elections will signal if the president will move ahead with the \u201cdeep economic reforms that have gone down well with portfolio investors, but left ordinary Egyptians reeling from subsidy cuts and high inflation.\u201d The report says Africa was a \u201chappy hunting ground\u201d last year, \u201cbut risks abound, among them policy tightening in advanced economies, local and global politics, weakening currencies and another fall in oil prices. And then there is credit risk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Investors should keep an eye on the presidential elections slated for this year, Bloomberg says in its guide for what investors should watch for in 10 key African markets in 2018. 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