{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_2w42msjotezebtz4nnbq","title":"Africa is rich, so why do we borrow at eight times more expensive than the rest of the world?","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/africa-is-rich-so-why-do-we-borrow-at-eight-times-more-expensive-than-2w42msjote","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_2qutljmyk3s5kbvgufna","seq":1446737,"kind":"article","title":"Africa is rich, so why do we borrow at eight times more expensive than the rest of the world?","url":"https://onuaonline.com/africa-is-rich-so-why-do-we-borrow-at-eight-times-more-expensive-than-the-rest-of-the-world","summary":"President John Dramani Mahama while speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York last week and said something that deserves far more attention than it received. “Africa borrows eight times more expensive than the rest of the world.” Eight times. Now think about that. Africa has the gold. Africa has the cocoa. Africa […] The post Africa is rich, so why do we borrow at eight times more expensive than the rest of the world? appeared first on OnuaOnline .","published":"2026-10-02T22:50:29Z","seen":"2026-10-02T23:15:19Z","lang":"en","country":"GH","source":{"id":"kite-onuaonline-com-6ac9f5","name":"onuaonline.com","domain":"onuaonline.com"},"via":"kite-onuaonline-com-6ac9f5","topics":["news","opinions","imf","john mahama"],"authors":["Onua Online"],"story":"st_2w42msjotezebtz4nnbq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9300000071525574,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.27000001072883606,"political":0.20000000298023224},{"id":"n_2w42msjotezebtz4nnbq","seq":1431476,"kind":"article","title":"Africa is rich, so why do we borrow at eight times more expensive than the rest of the world?","url":"https://3news.com/news/africa-is-rich-so-why-do-we-borrow-at-eight-times-more-expensive-than-the-rest-of-the-world","summary":"Africa has the oil, lithium, cobalt and many of the resources the modern world depends on.","published":"2026-10-02T19:52:58Z","seen":"2026-10-02T21:13:12Z","lang":"en","country":"GH","source":{"id":"kite-3news-com-b1e0d5","name":"3news.com","domain":"3news.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7672104","name":"TV3 Ghana","type":"broadcaster","country":"GH","designations":["mass media","television station"]}},"via":"kite-3news-com-b1e0d5","topics":["news"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q15","name":"Africa","type":"place"}],"image":"https://media.3news.com/Mahama-800x519.webp","story":"st_2w42msjotezebtz4nnbq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9300000071525574,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.27000001072883606,"political":0.20000000298023224}]}