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Turkish firm to refinance Zambia’s Sh75b Eurobond

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu at the State House in Lusaka, Zambia July 28, 2018. [REUTERS]

A Turkish company has expressed interest in refinancing Zambia’s Sh75 billion ($750 million) Eurobond falling due in 2022, Zambian President Edgar Lungu said on Saturday during talks with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan.

Zambia, whose credit rating was downgraded by Moody’s on Friday, said in December last year that it would begin refinancing Eurobonds worth a total Sh300 billion ($3 billion) in 2019 to reduce the cost of debt servicing for Africa’s number two copper producer.

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