Investor Presentaiton
Clear Strategy to Assure Debt Repayment
Ghana has demonstrated clear commitment to
honoring its obligations to investors
■ Ghana considers debt repayment as a statutory obligation,
as such, repayments of debt ranks ahead of most other
expenditure items
■ Debt Sinking Fund established and backed by legislation
■ Medium term debt management strategy approved
▪ Efforts underway to extend and smoothen Ghana's debt
maturity profile, to avoid refinancing risks, and diversify
sources of funding
Debt Sinking Fund Established
Changing from "bullet" to amortizing repayments
Hedge against forex movements with annual US$
based oil repayment revenue flows
In 2014, US$100mn transferred from excess over
cap on Ghana Stabilization Fund
Efforts to Extend Maturity Profile Yielding Result
(book building domestic term bonds and Eurobonds)
Long
Term,
14%
Long
Term,
21%
Short
Medium
Term,
27%
Term,
59%
2003
Source: Ministry of Finance
Medium
Term,
32%
2015
The External Debt from 2012 has been reclassified to reflect the facility type per creditor
FX rate used for debt calculation: US$:GHC 3.89
Sound Assumptions Backed Viability
of the Debt Sinking Fund at Set-Up
Amount in Sinking Fund US$ 100mn
Oil price assumption
Oil production
US$57 per barrel
103,000 bbls a day
The Sinking Fund will be continuously furnished
from future oil revenue savings
Gas production
459 mmscf gas/day
Efforts underway to extend and smoothen Ghana's debt maturity profile
Proactive efforts to refinance external and domestic debt to extend tenors and reduce debt service costs
✓ Deepening the domestic markets by (a) adopting book building approach, (b) opening up 2-year bonds to
non-residents investors, (c) reinvigorating the primary dealer process and (d) revamping pensions act
Short term bills to be used only for liquidity management and repayable immediately from the annual
revenue flows
Financing for Development
Short
Term,
46%
✓ Long-term debt to finance CAPEX by extending
the domestic debt yield curve (through
bookbuilding approach and pension act
reforms) and selective use of Eurobond markets
Utilize concessional loans and grants to finance
social infrastructure
✓ Establishment of escrow / debt service accounts
and special levies to assure repayment for on-
lent facilities to SOES
Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) to leverage oil
and gas revenue to access markets
Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF)
Act passed in 2014 to enhance SWF
Shift from vanilla guarantees to project /
insurance structures; reducing fiscal risks
Use of alternative risk management strategies
such as hedging
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