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Any IMF deal must be in Senegal’s best interests: Presidential Adviser 

Senegal is grappling with a debt burden that reached 132% of gross domestic product.

SA latest CPI figures provide room for interest rate cut: Economist

CPI softened in January, edging lower to 3.5% from 3.6% in December.

Ghana pays $909 million in interest in domestic debt exchange programme

Ghana’s government has paid 10 billion Cedis ($910 million) in interest under its Domestic Debt Exchange Programme

Namibia holds key rate steady at first meeting under new Governor

Namibia’s central bank kept its policy rate unchanged on Wednesday in its first meeting under new Governor

SA loses about $52 million to transfer mispricing: Study

A recent study has revealed that SA is losing roughly $52 million in government revenue each year due to transfer mispricing

As US agriculture flails, farmers see big corn acres as best bet to break even

United States (US) farmers, though punished by slumping prices after last year’s monster corn harvest, are expected to cut back only slightly on their plantings of the grain in 2026 as they brace for a fourth straight year of narrow profit margins or even losses