Africa’s Banking troubles: Moody’s flags environmental risk on $218bn of Africa loans – Are things boomer anging back on Blacks?
Who are we? Boers or Afrikaners? Answer from Dr Mike Du Toit
I had someone write to me about the topic of Boers versus Afrikaners. I decided to approach Dr Mike Du Toit, who was the leader of the Boeremag, and who is a professional academic who is very well versed in our history to answer this. Dr Du Toit not only knows our history in South Africa but also our history in Europe. This was his answer.
[Notice how "environmental problems" like "water scarcity" and other strange things seem to be causing massive financial problems for Africa's banks! Is this in a roundabout way the result of the way Blacks have mismanaged things? Maybe the chickens are coming home to roost hey? Jan]
Threats for the continent’s banks are exacerbated by their outsized holdings of sovereign bonds.
African banks are exposed to environmental risks that may threaten their credit quality and profitability as climate change makes shocks more frequent and severe, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
Moody’s estimates that the 49 banks it rates across 14 African countries have extended almost $218 billion in credit to environmentally sensitive sectors, an amount equivalent to nearly 29% of their total loans.
Threats for the continent’s banks are exacerbated by their outsized holdings of sovereign bonds, particularly for Angolan and Nigerian lenders, Moody’s analysts including Malika Takhtayeva and Peter Mushangwe said in a report Tuesday. Most African sovereigns face substantial risk from rising temperatures, water scarcity and carbon transition, they said.
Here are other comments from Moody’s:
- “We expect environmental factors will lead to a deterioration of the banks’ credit quality and profitability in the long term if banks do not take measures to prudently manage climate-related and environmental risks.”
- Moody’s findings indicate many of Africa’s largest industries, such as oil and gas, mining and transport face high environmental threats, given their high exposure to carbon transition or physical climate risk.
- Banks in Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa have engaged in extensive lending to the mining industry; banks in Uganda are heavily exposed to farming and fishing, making them vulnerable to droughts and other consequences of climate change.
Source: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/moodys-flags-environmental-risk-on-218bn-of-africa-loans/
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