Investors back $ billions of African bonds
Interest in African sovereign debt has been climbing again in recent months. Angola plans to issue a $1 billion - $2 billion benchmark bond., Kenya, ...
Interest in African sovereign debt has been climbing again in recent months. Angola plans to issue a $1 billion - $2 billion benchmark bond., Kenya, ...
The China-Africa Development Fund has started to raise its second round of capital, aiming to raise $2 billion over three years, according to a report ...
Rwanda Investment Group S.A. has temporarily suspended plans to issue a bond with a value of RWF 23.1 billion (US$40 million) to RWF 28.9 bln ...
The flagship of Chinese equity investment into Africa, the $1 billion China-Africa Development Fund, opened a branch in Addis Ababa on 30 March. Initial financing ...
Inside the Somali pirates stock exchange, where their voyages are financed (and missing pirates mourned). An interesting story by Reuters.
Angola has cut back its plans to raise as much as $4 billion in a sale of bonds without credit ratings, according to a report ...
The sale of 56 enterprises has made at least Rwf 75 billion (US$131 million) for the Government of Rwanda, according to a report in the ...
Angola’s first private equity fund has raised US$28 million in capital in its first closing, in an important step forward for the country’s capital markets. ...
All the frameworks are in place for an Angolan stock exchange, and a first listing and official launch could be expected in the current year, ...
Sunil Benimadhu, Chief Executive Officer of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius: We have had lots of discussion on how to link different markets. Lots of ...
Eduardo Vieira, President of Angolan stockbroker Novacao Corretora de Valores As the former minister has said, we strongly anticipate that there will be a stock ...
Uganda's National Insurance Corporation (www.nic.co.ug), was oversubscribed after Uganda Shilling (UGX) 9.5 billion (US$4.6 million came in applications when Government offered its remaining 40% stake ...
The Government of Botswana has ended its P5 billion (US$722 million) bond issuance programme with an oversubscribed auction by the Bank of Botswana last Friday, ...
Conservation tourism pioneer Wilderness Safaris is aiming for a primary listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange (www.bse.co.bw) and a simultaneous secondary listing on the Johannesburg ...
Imara Holdings Ltd, an investment banking and asset management group with operations in 10 countries mostly in southern Africa, aims to expand in Zimbabwe, according ...
The Uganda Securities Exchange (www.use.or.ug) was set to open the Securities Central Depositary at on 18 February, according to local news.
The closure today (5 February at 5pm local time) of the share offer of Uganda’s National Insurance Corporation Limited (www.nic.co.ug) is likely to result in ...
A new CEO started work at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (www.dse.co.tz) and share prices surged in the following days, although market participants denied ...
The Rwandan capital markets are set for growth in 2010, including plans for a first local initial public offer (IPO) and developing the Rwandan stock ...
There is more trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after transaction costs were reduced, effective 10 January