African currencies starting to draw interest - Reuters Africa
Story date: 2008-07-18 12:07:00
Added on: 2008-07-19 21:21:52
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most investors may still view Africa as the backwater of the foreign exchange world, but some are wading deep into the region's currencies in search of higher yields as returns in Asia and Latin America have started to shrink ...
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