$183bn of M&A in Africa in last 10 years, Britain leads
The total value of mergers and acquisitions deals in Africa by foreign investors was $183 billion over the ten years 2003-2012, up threefold on the ...
The total value of mergers and acquisitions deals in Africa by foreign investors was $183 billion over the ten years 2003-2012, up threefold on the ...
This Thursday is the African Debt Capital Markets Summit 2013, at Bloomberg in London, organized by IC Publications. The conference brings top international speakers including ...
“South Africa’s established and efficient debt capital market is a key competitive advantage for South African firms” writes Barry Martin, joint head of debt capital ...
Africa’s top lending institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that it will start moving its headquarters and 1,500 employees from Tunisia to Ivory ...
Global institutional investors (“Limited Partners”/LP) have selected Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as the most attractive investment region for private equity, according to research from the Emerging ...
The African Development Bank has signed a USD 100 million agreement with Germany-based Commerzbank AG in which the banks will share the default risk on ...
African countries (apart from South Africa) are set to place $7 billion of debt this year, buoyed by low interest rates and a huge global ...
“Unity has no meaning unless it is the ability of the coal miner in Botswana to power a plant in Angola or the farmer in ...
The first Eurobond issued by Rwanda, due to mature in May 2023, raised $400 million at 6.875% and the money will go to start generating ...
Tanzanian news media yesterday (1 May) announced that 37-year old Moremi Marwa has been appointed as the new CEO of the Dar es Salaam Stock ...
Congratulations to the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange on its excellent new website, including a very useful listed companies’ data terminal, including annual reports, charting, trading ...
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has informed investors and the public in a press release that it has terminated the listings of 3 companies with effect ...
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is busy with workshops for mutual funds and investment banks, aiming to boost trading volumes through better communications between market participants ...
The regional forum, the East African Securities Regulatory Authorities (EASRA), is seeking to create a harmonized licensing framework for the region for brokers and dealers, ...
Private equity are getting harder in Africa, particularly for mega funds looking for $75m deals, and 57 funds are currently trying to raise $13.1bn causing ...
A major shift is coming in which investors, individual and institutional, will commit at least a portion of their investable assets to social impact and ...
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published on 4 March a report on liquidity risk management for collective investment schemes (CIS)
The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange is advertising for a new CEO, after the contract of the previous CEO Gabriel Kitua, expired on 31 January. ...
Entrepreneurs running small and medium-enterprises (SMEs) in West and East Africa stand to benefit from a new $75m private equity fund. The announcement follows the ...
The International Finance Corporation plans to issue a $50 million (NGN 8 billion) local-currency "Naija" bond in Nigeria to support the domestic capital markets and ...