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NFL Draft 2016 estimated contracts value for first-round picks

1) Los Angeles Rams: $28.65 million 2) Philadelphia Eagles: $27.36 million 3) San Diego Chargers: $26.56 million 4) Dallas Cowboys: $25.65 million 5) Jacksonville Jaguars: $23.96 million 6) Baltimore Ravens: $21.02 million 7) San Francisco 49ers: $18.71 million 8) Cleveland Browns: $16.38 million 9) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $16.26 million 10) New York Giants: $15.62 million 11) Chicago Bears: $14.45 million 12) New Orleans Saints: $13.1 million 13) Miami Dolphins: $12.76 million 14) Oakland Raiders: $12.21 million 15) Tennessee Titans: $11.95 million 16) Detroit Lions: $11.25 million 17) Atlanta Falcons: $11.02 million 18) Indianapolis Colts: $10.73 million 19) Buffalo Bills: $10.56 million 20) New York Jets: $10.5 million 21) Washington Redskins: $10.35 million 22) Houston Texans: $10.21 million 23) Minnesota Vikings: $10.1 million 24) Cincinnati Bengals: $9.88 million 25) Pittsburgh Steelers: $9.68 million 26) Seattle Seahawks: $9.66 mi

How to deepen Africa’s financial markets

Africa has some of the World’s fastest growing economies and one of the key drivers of economic growth has been the financial markets .As a person familiar with the continent, I know that stability in financial markets is a must. The continent’s financial market are considered shallow compared with the Western World. Africa’s stock market capitalisation to GDP ratio is less than 30 percent, which is very low in comparison with other regions. Africa’s interbank lending to GDP ratio also shows how shallow financial markets are compared with developed world.Similar with equity and money markets, Africa’s bond market also lags behind. Both government bond market to GDP ratio and corporate bond to GDP ratio score lowest. Shallow financial markets possess a high risk of volatility at the event of sudden capital reversal. In South Africa, key players face several obstacles in deepening it’s financial markets . Both supply and demand sides face a similar problem which is the limited number of