President Mahama calls for unity to tackle Africa’s debt crisis

President John Mahama has called for a united Africa to enable the continent to address its escalating debt crisis, adding that unsustainable borrowing risks undermining development gains and sovereignty. Delivering a keynote speech at the African Union (AU) High-Level Conference on Debt in Lomé, Togo, yesterday, the President described Africa’s debt burden as a “paradox […]

Ghana close to signing MOU with bilateral creditors on debt restructuring – IMF MD

Ghana is close to signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with bilateral creditors as part of the restructuring of debts owed to these lenders. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristaline Georgieva revealed that “Ghana is in a good place now because it has advanced negotiations with the bilateral creditors on restructuring […]