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Burkina Faso lists $217m of sovereign bonds

The Government of Burkina Faso successfully listed two sovereign bonds on the regional stock exchange Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) yesterday (10 September), raising ...

View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, where the first corporate bond has been used for capital raising for microfinance.
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Corporate bond boosts Sierra Leone capital market

Sierra Leone’s nascent capital market saw the successful issue of a first corporate bond. Local microfinance institution LAPO (Lift Above Poverty Organisation) SL raised SLE ...

Business and capital markets leaders in Rwanda watch Mahwi Grain Millers chairperson ring the bell for listing the corporate bond for trading on the Rwanda Stock Exchange after raising capital.
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Mahwi Grain Millers lists corporate bond in Rwanda today

Industrial company Mahwi Grain Millers Plc has today (2 September 2024) listed its first corporate bond on the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE). The first RWF ...

Mosi Oa Tunya waterfall, liquidity in Africa's bond capital markets
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New bond index may cut Africa debt costs

A ground-breaking effort to improve cost of credit for African borrowers, including governments, got a boost with the recent launch of the iBoxx LSF USD ...

People on balcony at London Stock Exchange applaud cross-listing of sustainability bond.
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NMB Bank sustainability bonds raise $ millions on global markets

Tanzania’s NMB Bank PLC continues its success in pioneering impact investing in East Africa with a sustainability bond cross-listed on the London and Luxembourg stock ...