Gulf News Africa is new frontier for Islamic finance 2018-09-24 - While Islamic bond (sukuk) issuance in Africa accounts for only 0.5 per cent of global issuance, the rating agency notes that since 2014 there has been $2.3 billion (Dh8.44 billion) worth of African sukuk issuance | ■ AP Khalid Al Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, and Mohammad Barkindo, Opec Secretary-General at the group’s 10th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee to monitor the oil production reduction agreement in Algiers yesterday.