While a high total IMF credit outstanding can offer vital financial support and help stabilize an economy, including in Africa, it also entails considerable duties and problems that the any given nation must successfully manage. The total amount of debt owed by a country is at risk of rising in response to large IMF support. This could lead to economic restrains, amongst other complications.

When an African country has a high Total IMF Credit Outstanding, it indicates that the government borrowed a considerable amount of financial resources from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but has yet to repay them. This circumstance may have various repercussions.

High credit outstanding is generally associated with IMF-mandated economic reforms and policy modifications. These may include economic restraint, structural changes, and initiatives to improve transparency and governance.

For this to have been the case, said countries were likely or have been experiencing major balance of payments issues, which means it is having trouble paying for imports or meeting their international financial obligations.

IMF loans are frequently used to stabilize a country's economy, strengthen its currency, and restore investor and public trust. This in most scenarios is a double-edged sword, creating relief and at the same time incurring debt that may be difficult to pay.

A high amount of IMF financing might increase the country's overall debt burden. Managing this debt necessitates careful budgetary planning, which may limit the government's capacity to fund development initiatives and social services.

Additionally, governments under the aforementioned constraints must make monthly interest payments on borrowed monies, which affects their budgetary budget.

With that said here are the 10 African countries with the highest total IMF credit outstanding.

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/top-10-african-countries-with-the-highest-debt-to-the-imf/9l2dlln

WeddingParol:
How do I believe a news madeup by Ipob member?

Those guys can never see or think anything good about Nigeria.

helinues:
Na Why there can never be any protest in Nigeria as there are no forced demands from IMF to Nigeria.

Infact, the Major financial institutions just upgraded our credit score , kudos to FG for always taking debt payment seriously.

When debt are due and you don't have means of paying, that's when government start introducing some ridiculous austerity measures like raising the tax of bread.

Ridiculous Tax on bread increase have caused revolution in numerous countries .

izombie:
So you no dey see all the trillions kept aside to service debt? Wetin you think to service debt means? This is only imf o, imagine the one we dey world bank and all the arab banks and china. And hey, dem still dey borrow.

CyrusVI:
See Egypt and South Africa wey we dey hail
Shame on u Lionessza6

helinues:


If you don't have substantial ways to generate tax, you would have no choice than to follow the demands of those you are owing.

USA can borrow as how much they want because they have the economy to recover the money back.

It's all about your credit score

Lionessza6:

CyrusVI:


I saw a thread where u were bashing a Nigerian lady

I thought the plan was to attack the men, I don't know u now bully the women too


It's unfair o

If u continue like this, we go gang up against u and still troll u to tears

AlaafinOfOyo:
That's why some say Africa is cursed. Imagine Congo and Nigeria in debt, yet nothing in both countries to show for it.