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    ‘Ghana reopens debt exchange for 12.9bn cedis of local bonds’

    September 14, 2023
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    *Pedestrians walk in front of Ghana’s central bank building in Accra, Ghana, November 16, 2015. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

    Accra — Ghana is reopening a debt exchange that was originally settled in February for another 12.9 billion cedis ($1.1 billion) of local bonds, the finance ministry said on Thursday.

    The terms of the new invitation are identical to those of the February 2023 exchange, which closed with an 85% participation rate of “relevant” bonds, the ministry said in statement.

    The exchanges are part of efforts by Ghana to restructure both domestic and external debt – a condition set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $3 billion bailout secured in May.

    In August, the finance ministry said it had completed a separate swap of 95% of local debt held by pension funds, which had been excluded from the February exchange after labour unions threatened to strike.

    Ghana defaulted on most of its $30 billion external debt in December, after its currency tumbled and inflation and debt servicing costs soared.

    It is targeting $10.5 billion of external debt service relief from 2023-2026, as it negotiates the restructuring of $20 billion of overseas debt with bilateral creditors including China and Paris Club members and international bondholders.

    *Christian Akorlie & Maxwell Akalaare Adombila, Sofia Christensen & Rachel Savage; editing: Kevin Liffey & Toby Chopra – Reuters

     

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