UK No Deal Brexit: Zimbabwe To Lose $5mln As South Africa Gains $3bln
6 May 2019
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By Farai D Hove| ZIMBABWE IS SET TO LOSE OVER $5mln as South Africa gains over $3bln from a possible Brexit no-deal scenario.

This is according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report is titled: “Brexit. Implications for Developing Countries.

The UK is exiting the European Union by October this year, after voing to leave the EU in June 2016. UK was recently granted a Brexit delay until October 30, 2019, to negotiate an arrangement to leave the bloc without a deal.

Should the UK leave the bloc without a deal, the below countries are set to gain or lose.

Gainers:

  • South Africa $3 billion
  • Botswana $199 million
  • Namibia $85 million

Losers:

  • Seychelles $106 million
  • Kenya $21 million
  • Ethiopia $21 million
  • Morocco $97 million
  • Ghana $91 million
  • Tunisia $49 million
  • Cote D’Ivoire $30 million
  • Zimbabwe $5 million
  • Nigeria $2 million