Tom Minney

Capital raising

Bank of Kigali IPO lifts Rwanda Stock Exchange: 52% gain on first day

Interest in share offers is high on the Rwanda Stock Exchange, after shares of Bank of Kigali (BK) rose 52% to RWF190 in their first ...

Exchange news

Electronic trading and central securities depository coming for Zimbabwe?

A company has been engaged to switch the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to electronic trading and Cabinet has discussed this and setting up a Central Securities ...

Funds

Emerging markets private equity soars, but little cash for Africa

Fund-raising for sub-Saharan African private equity funds was $1.056 billion in January to June 2011, down 5% from $1.11 bn in the first half of ...

Capital raising

Kenyan IPO only 60% subscribed but regional plans go ahead

Kenyan financial services firm British-American Investments Company Ltd. said on 23 August that its initial public offering (IPO) had only attracted 60.09% of the targeted ...

Capital raising

Casablanca Stock Exchange grants to encourage SMEs

Morocco’s Casablanca Stock Exchange is offering grants to small and medium enterprises to encourage them to raise capital. The first listing of 2011 was 8.7x ...

Capital raising

SANAD Fund to target SMEs in North Africa and Middle East

Tiny, small and medium businesses in Egypt and Tunisia, later Algeria and Morocco, are set to benefit from a new €30 million ($43.2 mn) SANAD ...

Capital raising

Tunis Stock Exchange seeks to support growth

The Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis (BVMT - Tunis Stock Exchange), aims to support role in faster economic growth and has a 5-point development ...

Capital raising

Dar Es Salaam bourse aims for IPO and 2 cross listings, capital controls easing

The Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange aims to increase to 18 listed companies and is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) for Precision Air ...

Funds

Oppenheimer family and Temasek SWF launch African private equity fund

South Africa's E. Oppenheimer family and Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek Holdings have set up a $300 million private equity fund called Tana Africa Capital to ...

Exchange news

JSE boosts net profit by 22% for first half

South Africa’s JSE Ltd reported a 22% increase in net profit after tax to R253.8 million for the 6 months to June, driven by a ...

Exchange news

Rencap appoints Yvonne Ike as new CEO West Africa

Leading emerging markets investment bank Renaissance Capital has appointed Yvonne Ike as its Chief Executive Officer, West Africa. She will be based in Lagos.

Capital raising

Berbera Port-China deal – change in the Horn?

Somaliland media sources and other rumours have suggested (12 Aug) that a deal on Somaliland’s Berbera port is imminent with China and Ethiopia.

Capital raising

Ethiopia to sell 18 more state-owned enterprises

Ethiopia’s Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) has privatised 287 enterprises since 1995, and plans to sell 18 companies in direct sales and 5 ...

Exchange news

South Africa’s Financial Markets Bill open for comment, due 2012

South Africa’s Government has released the Financial Markets Bill for public comment, with comments due by 5 September. The new law would replace the Securities ...

Exchange news

JSE sets new trading record – 230,797 trades on 10 August

South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock Exchange says that a record number of trades were executed on the exchange today (10 August). The new record is 230,797 ...

Exchange news

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission educates, partners Nollywood film

Nigerian regulator, the Securities & Exchange Commission, is travelling the country to build education and awareness. SEC Director General Arunma Oteh, SEC Commissioners and senior ...

Exchange news

Nigerian Stock Exchange suspends 27 shares, including 3 banks

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has placed 24 companies on full suspension for failing to submit their financial statements for the year ended 31 December, 2010 ...

Capital raising

Private equity and lenders hop aboard $287m Kenya-Uganda railway

The International Finance Corporation and 6 leading international finance institutions provided $164 million in financing to Rift Valley Railways International to rehabilitate the Kenya-Uganda railway ...

Funds

Aureos private equity backs UK’s Trade out of Poverty initiative

Private equity fund management Aureos Capital has become a founding partner of an emerging markets trade initiative called “Trade Out of Poverty”.

Uncategorized

Global Impact Investing Network appoints CEO

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to developing a successful impact investing industry, has named Luther Ragin, Jr. as its ...