Ghana gets green light for bond rework from official creditors
TLDR
- Ghana successfully cleared a key hurdle in restructuring its international bonds, with official creditors confirming the proposed debt rework aligns with the Comparability of Treatment principle.
- The Ministry of Finance received formal confirmation from the Official Creditor Committee regarding the Agreement in Principle reached with Eurobond holders.
- The restructuring agreement ensures Ghana does not provide outsized concessions compared to private lenders or external groups, in line with the Paris Club's principles.
Ghana has cleared a key hurdle to restructure its international bonds, as its official creditors confirmed the proposed debt rework was not overly favorable to bondholders.
“The Ministry … has received a formal confirmation from its Official Creditor Committee (OCC) that the Agreement in Principle reached with representatives of Eurobond holders is consistent with the Comparability of Treatment principle,” Ghana’s finance ministry said.
“Comparability of Treatment” is a principle from the Paris Club of wealthy creditor nations aimed at ensuring its members do not give outsized concessions compared to private lenders or others outside the group.
Key Takeaways
Ghana had in January reached a deal to restructure $5.4 billion of loans with its Official Creditor Committee, including China and France, which co-chair the group. The country clinched an agreement in principle with two bondholder groups to restructure around $13 billion of its international bonds in late June, making it the second African country after Zambia in recent weeks to reach the final stages of a debt overhaul. The government now needs to ask all its bondholders to vote on the proposed deal, which if confirmed would finalize the debt rework. The West African gold and cocoa producer defaulted on most of its $30 billion in external debt in 2022, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and higher global interest rates exacerbated years of overstretched borrowing.
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