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The article reports on the fund received by Rwanda from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The country is to receive $1.7m that brings the total amount received to $5.1m under the PRGF which is almost half of the total amount to be receive from IMF over a three-year period. Meanwhile, IMF's Murilo Portugal mentions several challenges that needed to be solved by the Rwandan government which include management of grant-financed fiscal expansion without threatening macroeconomic stability, avoidance of increasing inflation, and others.

Explains that the International Monetary Fund noted that progress in restoring macroeconomic stability has been made in Niger. Higher economic growth; Poverty reduction; Gross domestic product; Strong domestic demand underpinned by investment in social sectors; Niger faces challenges and remains vulnerable to external factors.