More appetite for African bonds in 2012
2012 could be an active year for African bonds and particularly eurobonds, judging by the 5.5 times oversubscription for the Namibia's debut $500 million, 10-year ...
2012 could be an active year for African bonds and particularly eurobonds, judging by the 5.5 times oversubscription for the Namibia's debut $500 million, 10-year ...
The Namibian government issued a debut US$500 million, 10-year Eurobond on 27 October and got a price of 5.75%, taking advantage of a lull in ...
East African venture capital firm InReturn Capital has entered a partnership with Hurlingham Eye Care Services group (HECS). InReturn Capital is an impact investing company ...
The African Development Bank is playing its role in Africa with skill and is getting more backing from its principal shareholders because of its successes ...
The securities exchanges of the “BRICS” emerging market bloc have announced a joint initiative to expose investors to the dynamic economies of the bloc members, ...
Another step forward for Africa-based investor relations (IR) specialist Rob Stangroom. He announced that Zimbabwe-based stockbroker Lynton Edwards Securities is using data direct from corporate ...
The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 58,841,750 shares at TSh 475 (US$ 28 cents) each in Tanzania’s Precision Air Services is set to start on ...
Media report that Renaissance Capital (RenCap), a unit of Russian investment bank Renaissance Group, is drawing closer to a takeover of one of Zimbabwe's largest ...
Ethiopia has raised Birr 7 billion ($408 million) of debt to finance the $4.8 bn Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River, and ...
FT Tilt highlights a swift move by state-backed Chinese company Minmetals Resources (MMR) to acquire upstream mining assets, offering $1.25bn for Toronto-listed Anvil Mining. It ...
Mark Voss of fund manager Silk Invest foresees a turning point for the Egyptian market in a recent note. He also notes growth in Tunisia, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Leading emerging markets investment bank Renaissance Capital has appointed Yvonne Ike as its Chief Executive Officer, West Africa. She will be based in Lagos.
Somaliland media sources and other rumours have suggested (12 Aug) that a deal on Somaliland’s Berbera port is imminent with China and Ethiopia.