Government debt Stories

Parliamentary Budget Office warns government borrowing risks slowing economic recovery
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 13, 2025

In its recent report, the Parliamentary Budget Office highlighted that while private sector credit has shown some gains, continued heavy borrowing by...

African countries are bad at issuing bonds, so debt costs more than it should: What needs to change
The Conversation  |  Jun 08, 2025

African bonds are substantially mispriced, resulting in excessively high yields that are not justified by fundamentals, based on economic, fiscal and...

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