Ghana has seen some progress with its Domestic Debt Exchange program after a month
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Loading... - Beatrice Darko
- 30 Jan 2023
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The spillover issues from the Ghanaian economy last year continue to linger despite some of the measures the country had initiated to remedy the compilations.
One of the initiatives the country established in 2022 was its Domestic Debt Exchange (DDE) program. The program, launched on the 5th of December, serves as an invitation for the voluntary exchange of approximately GHS137 billion of the domestic notes and bonds of the Republic, including E.S.L.A. and Daakye bonds, for a package of New Bonds to be issued by the Republic.
While lauded during its formation, this initiative has been slow to yield the desired results. So far, Ghanaian authorities have had to extend the deadline for bondholders to sign up for the DDE program several times. The current deadline is set at January 31st, and around 80% of bondholders are required to register for the program.
This DDE program was designed to help Ghana restructure its tremendous debt, which would help the country access the $3 billion loan it has been requesting from the International Monetary Fund for months.
On this note, some metric of success was recently realized. The Ghanaian government disclosed on Friday that it and the Ghana Securities Industry Association (GSIA) have reached an understanding of the terms of participation by capital market operators in the country's domestic debt exchange (DDE) program. Read More…
