GDP growth set to top 6%

SENEGAL’S gross domestic product growth was expected to exceed 6 percent in 2017 for the third year in a row, the International Monetary Fund said in a statement on Monday. The economy of the West African country is mainly driven by services, tourism and agriculture. Senegal issued $500 million (R6.4 billion) in 10-year Eurobonds in 2014 at an interest rate of about 6 percent. – Reuters JORDAN