South Africa opens door for sukuk but SOEs need tax changes
South Africa printed the continent’s first international sukuk deal on Wednesday, offering a valuable benchmark for South African corporates, state-owned enterprises and other African sovereigns. South African SOEs like Eskom are among the borrowers considering sukuk as a new funding tool, but SOEs need the South African authorities to amend its tax policy in order to pave the way for follow on sukuk.
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