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  • Kenya’s largest power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is looking to raise $300m in the loan market, which the World Bank is providing a $180m guarantee for.
  • The Republic of Egypt is planning to issue a euro denominated bond, its finance minister Amr El-Garhy told GlobalCapital at the IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC. However, investors are not convinced the sovereign will be able to get the deal done.
  • Fitch took the knife to Gabon’s credit rating after market close on Friday, cutting the creditworthiness of the West African sovereign a notch to B at a time of increasing funding requirements for the country.
  • African countries are moving full steam ahead to develop their economies through Chinese-funded railway infrastructure, hoping faster growth will forestall concerns about the costs and their ability to pay it back.
  • Political uncertainty is crimping South Africa’s growth potential, the central bank’s governor has warned, as the finance minister says maintaining its credit rating is a key priority
  • Senior officers of GIABA, the West African financial police organisation, tell GlobalMarkets how they plan to target terrorist finance despite being handicapped by budget and software constraints