Friday 30 October 2026 The money behind public deals, and the press that covers them
The Board82 case files, last updated 30 Oct
Issue · How coverage feeds borrowing costs

Media framing risk premium

Foe

Africa No Filter estimates up to $4.2 billion a year in excess interest.

Role
How coverage feeds borrowing costs
Type
Issue
Assessment
Foe, since 30 Oct 2026
Last revised
30 Oct 2026
Sources
2

Our assessment

Africa No Filter estimates up to $4.2 billion a year in excess interest. Around elections, 88% of foreign coverage of Kenya and 69% of Nigeria was negative, against 48% for Malaysia.

Connections

Assessment history

  1. File opened from the research dataset.

Corrections

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