African countries pay 500% higher costs on global market debt – AfDB

African nations are grappling with a staggering 500 per cent increase in debt servicing costs when borrowing from global markets. The African Development Bank’s Vice President and Chief Economist, Prof Kevin Urama, said this at the 5th African Union Extraordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning, and Integration in

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