IFC invests in bank to bring home mortgages to Burkina Faso
The International Finance Corporation has signed an agreement to invest up to $0.6 million in Banque de l’Habitat du Burkina Faso and will also provide ...
The International Finance Corporation has signed an agreement to invest up to $0.6 million in Banque de l’Habitat du Burkina Faso and will also provide ...
West Africa’s regional stock market the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM) has started trading from a new base in Bamako, Mali, after leaving Cote ...
African exchanges could grow dramatically in both market capitalization and turnover in the coming decade, following the explosive trends already charted by the Indian and ...
IFC on 8 March announced it was investing $10 million in equity in Catalyst Fund I LLC. The fund aims to stimulate employment and accelerate ...
The Uganda Securities Exchange has today (7 March) extended its trading to 5 days a week, up from 3 days. USE Chief Executive Joseph Kitamirike ...
Fitch Ratings agency has given Zambia a “B+” rating on long-term foreign and local currency, with a stable outlook, which could pave the way for ...
Tunisie Telecom has cancelled plans for a joint initial public offering on the Paris and Tunis stock exchanges after consultations with trade unions following several ...
Leading international private equity firms are investing $79 million to build and acquire mobile phone towers in sub-Saharan Africa. Investec Asset Management, the International Finance ...
The main trading platform of the London Stock Exchange was successfully switched from the previous system yesterday (14 Feb) to the Millennium Exchange computer system. ...
Africa’s newest stock exchange is the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE), launched on 31 Jan to start trading the shares of brewer Brasseries et Limonaderies du ...
The new Commodities Exchange of Zimbabwe (COMEZ) opened on 14 January, but no date is set to start trading. The exchange would be managed by ...
According to media reports, Zimbabwe’s Indigenization Minister Saviour Kasukuwere is declining to give permission for leading gold miner Duration Gold to raise US$7 mn by ...
Results have recently been released of the share offer of insurance company Alliance Assurances on the Algiers Stock Exchange. The share offer was open from ...
Extracts from interviews with the CEO of the ZSE, Emmanuel Munyukwi, and the CEO of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Alban Chirume and other market ...
Tunisie Telecom has announced the first stage of registration with the aim of listing on the Tunisian stock exchange Bourse de Tunis and NYSE Euronext ...
Jacana, a UK-based group that supports emerging SME private equity firms in Africa, has launched its second investment, a strategic partnership with Ghanaian fund manager ...
The International Finance Corporation and East Africa’s Securities Industry Training Institute (SITI), based at the Uganda Securities Exchange have signed an agreement to broaden training ...
The eurobond recently issued by PTA Bank attracted bids for $650 million compared to a target of $300 million, according to a report in Kenya’s ...
Two economists talk to Business Digest about prospects for the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, which they say are better for 2011 as the economy is expected ...
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange snapped up its first new listing since 2007 on 29 November when Padenga Holdings Limited was admitted as the 77th ...