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Gold Price Hovers Below $3,000 an Ounce Despite Bullish Factors
(Ecofin Agency) - Gold prices rose by about 30% in 2024 and continued to climb in the early weeks of 2025. However, after ...
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Burkina Faso: Insecurity Raises Production Costs at Essakane Gold Mine
(Ecofin Agency) - Burkina Faso’s largest gold mine, Essakane, produces over 400,000 ounces annually. Despite benefiting from rising gold prices, the Canadian company ...
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Climate finance needs innovation to close funding gaps
This article was produced with the support of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)With climate change accelerating and climate-linked disasters increasing, countries ...
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ALAN BEESLEY: Addressing fiscal crisis starts with funding Sars properly
Sars collects more than 90% of government revenue, yet it remains chronically underfunded 11 March 2025 - 05:00 by Alan Beesley As finance ...
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Africa’s Debt Payments to Drop 13% in 2025, Easing Pressure on Budgets
(Ecofin Agency) - Debt payments are expected to keep declining in the coming years, freeing up more room in national budgets for crucial ...
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Progress slow for Africa’s LDCs
This article was produced with the support of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)In a presentation at the Expert’s Segment of COM2025 ...
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KEVIN ALLAN: Does local government deserve a larger slice of the budget pie?
The aborted budget documents set out that the local government equitable share would increase by 5.2% over the medium term, from R99.5bn in ...
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AFR-IX Telecom Secures EU Funding to Expand MEDUSA AFRICA Submarine Cable System
(Ecofin Agency) - Despite an improvement in internet penetration in Africa, millions remain offline due to inadequate infrastructure. The MEDUSA AFRICA project will ...
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Ecobank CI Raises Over CFA11bn with West Africa’s First Gender Bond
(Ecofin Agency) - Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire raised over CFA11 billion in just 48 hours through WAEMU’s first gender bond, with support from the ...
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IMF exit and eurobonds raise questions over Kenyan debt
Kenya’s move to tap the commercial debt markets in February, and the country’s early exit from an IMF programme in March, has sparked ...
