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 ...
Tullow Oil plc is to start trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange on 27 July after allocating 3,531,546 ordinary shares of 10p each in a ...
British American Investment Company (Kenya) Ltd launched its initial public offer (IPO) this week. It aims to raise KES 5.58 billion (US$62.2 million) for ...
Leading African private equity firm Citadel Capital said that Egypt's public prosecutor has lifted a travel ban imposed in April on its chairman Ahmed Heikal, ...
Interesting article in today's FT Tilt on whether China's model of cheap loans backing Chinese construction squeezes out private equity. The author suggests there could ...
Indian steel-to-outsourcing conglomerate Essar has cancelled deals to buy telecoms operators in Uganda and Congo and is to sell its Kenyan operations, under the Yu ...
Rwanda's biggest brewer, Brasseries et Limonaderies du Rwanda (BRALIRWA), says post-tax profit leapt by 62.8% in 2010, driven by increased sales, higher pricing and improved ...
The Rwandan Government plans to raise Rwf25 billion ($42.2 million) through the sale of its shares in Bank of Kigali Ltd and telecom company MTN ...
Senegal bond compared to other African bonds and emerging markets bonds.
Senegal has successfully re-priced its yield curve by issuing a more liquid 10-year $500 million Eurobond carrying a coupon of 8.75%. The bond was priced ...
West Africa’s Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres BRVM regional stock exchange is to move trading operations back to Cote d'Ivoire next Monday (16 May), after ...
The African Export-Import Bank has created a US$100 million facility to recapitalise Zimbabwean companies. Four local institutions are ready to disburse $70 mn.
The Nairobi Stock Exchange and FTSE International are to create new FTSE/NSE share and bond indices. These could be marketed to international investors.
A private equity fund that does "impact investing" in housing, agriculture, education and health says it has raised more than $250 million for its first ...
The East African Monetary Union is supposed to be effective from 2012. Senior officials including central bank governors, capital markets authorities, insurance and pensions regulatory ...
From the blog of Mark Mobius of Templeton Investments: "While Africa does have challenges, I am encouraged by another side of Africa that is gradually ...
Dr James Ndahiro, Chairperson of the Rwanda Stock Exchange, said East African countries should form a single stock market by 2015.
The JSE securities exchange has appointed an advisory committee to boost its JSE Africa Board to achieve its mission and attracet dual listings to a ...
Zimbabwean private equity firm Brainworks Capital Management has reportedly launched a $20 million fund targeting Zimbabwe’s agriculture, financial services, mining and telecommunications sectors, according to ...
Tunisian regulator Conseil de Marche Financier ordered stockbrokers not to allow 123 companies to trade securities as part of investigations into extensive holdings by the ...