Africa improves on commodity price increases and capital access

Sub-Sahara bounces back in ECR in step with LatAm, while debt, political instability and global protectionism constrain rises elsewhere.

Analysts’ perceptions of Africa improved during the first half of 2018, results from Euromoney’s Country Risk Survey show. This was mainly due to recovering commodity prices, which in turn lifted economic indicators, as well as improving capital access.

Even though the continent is one of the riskiest regions in the world due to geopolitics and trade wars, it has bounced back this year; in fact, Africa and Latin America are the only two regions that have been on a rising trend since 2010.

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