Robert Brand

RT @Khuli_CS: The majority of money managers say they will likely increase exposure if the election results in a coalition between the ANC…

African nations say they won't forego oil and gas development to save the planet when wealthier countries aren't meeting pledges to help them adapt https://t.co/oxFyHlnKoY via @business

“It is a case of the damage being done and too late to reverse” https://t.co/rKITZEylMu via @markets

South African borrowing costs will only be lowered when inflation’s retreat is sustained, the central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says https://t.co/kzEdnbc2gE via @markets

Nice scoop by colleague @LoniPrinsloo1; Telkom shares fall 20%. MTN walks away from talks to buy Telkom in a deal that would have created South Africa’s largest mobile phone operator https://t.co/Jh2GnrZXag via @technology

Nigeria will be seeking to extend the tenors of its outstanding debts and not necessarily “restructure” its obligations, the country's finance minister said https://t.co/2VOf03Fq82 via @markets

South Africa’s ports and freight-rail operator raises its wage offer to employees to end a week-long strike that’s hobbling commodity exports https://t.co/dPo2N7Jjc5 via @bpolitics

Governments should keep trimming the budget deficits they ran up in the pandemic, even as they seek to help households hit by soaring energy and food prices, the IMF said https://t.co/8LbxCOJogg via @business

Zambia’s Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has urged other African nations considering using the Group of 20’s Common Framework mechanism to restructure unaffordable debt to act quickly https://t.co/EEWV3hJV2b via @bpolitics

Another domino? Nigeria is considering restructuring its debt and extending the repayment period of its credit obligations, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed says in an interview https://t.co/cXwywaZwc3 via @markets

RT @lingskevin: IMF revised down their world growth forecast for 2023 to 2.7%, compared with prior estimate of 2.9%. Growth forecast for mo…

JPMorgan’s Michele Warns Mighty Dollar May Trigger Next Crisis https://t.co/H6XrUES8cY via @markets

Ghana forms a committee to start talks with its domestic bondholders as part of a plan to secure a potential $3 billion loan from the IMF https://t.co/DcORHlbizE via @markets

Sigh. I was looking forward to watching cricket today... #INDvsSA

Meanwhile, in the real world: Rare drone footage shows a pod of orcas killing a great white shark off the south coast of South Africa. Now sharks haven’t been seen in the area for weeks https://t.co/qEf79GBvKH via @business

Nigeria raises its domestic and foreign borrowing requirement by 15% to fund a record budget deficit, piling pressure on the debt-servicing burden in Africa’s biggest economy https://t.co/MuCPeNc77Z via @markets