UK No Deal Brexit: Zimbabwe To Lose $5mln As South Africa Gains $3bln
6 May 2019
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