Algeria and Egypt want to be part of Brics. Algeria is able to offer the New Development Bank close to $2bn upon admission while the bloc’s discussions around a gold-backed currency has prompted Egypt to request membership. Business Day TV spoke to François Conradie, lead political economist at Oxford Economics Africa for his take on the Brics interest.
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