Data out this week showed that Chinese lending to Africa increased for the first time since 2016. But worries about convoluted debt restructuring processes mean that Chinese outbound lending to the region is likely to remain small by past standards. Elsewhere, additional power cuts announced in Zambia this week are likely to cause growth to suffer and fiscal costs for the government to mount.
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