African nations are facing their toughest economic challenges this century as desperately needed funding evaporates, the IMF has said.
Rising interest rates have increased borrowing costs for sub-Saharan African nations. Not a single country in the region has been able to raise financing through a dollar bond sale over the past year, the Washington-based lender said in its Regional Economic Outlook report “The Big Funding Squeeze” on Friday. ..
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