Global institutional investors (“Limited Partners”/LP) have selected Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as the most attractive investment region for private equity, according to research from the Emerging ...
African countries (apart from South Africa) are set to place $7 billion of debt this year, buoyed by low interest rates and a huge global ...
The first Eurobond issued by Rwanda, due to mature in May 2023, raised $400 million at 6.875% and the money will go to start generating ...
Tanzanian news media yesterday (1 May) announced that 37-year old Moremi Marwa has been appointed as the new CEO of the Dar es Salaam Stock ...
Congratulations to the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange on its excellent new website, including a very useful listed companies’ data terminal, including annual reports, charting, trading ...
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has informed investors and the public in a press release that it has terminated the listings of 3 companies with effect ...
The regional forum, the East African Securities Regulatory Authorities (EASRA), is seeking to create a harmonized licensing framework for the region for brokers and dealers, ...
The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange is advertising for a new CEO, after the contract of the previous CEO Gabriel Kitua, expired on 31 January. ...
Entrepreneurs running small and medium-enterprises (SMEs) in West and East Africa stand to benefit from a new $75m private equity fund. The announcement follows the ...
Africa's 24 stock markets should learn to work together better if they are to seize high levels of investor interest, said Nicky Newton-King, CEO of ...
A West Africa private equity fund, Fonds Cauris Croissance II, says it will invest 4 billion FCFA (XOF, equivalent to $8 million) in Azalaï Hotels ...
New giants are arising in African investments – the domestic pension funds. Several countries have funds worth billions of US dollars and in many they ...
The 86 emerging markets members of the world’s securities markets regulator, International Organization of Securities Commissions form 80% of IOSCO membership and are increasingly important ...
Demand was strong for most Treasury bills in Tanzania at the last auction on 21 November, the average yield-to-maturity was 13.43% (up from 13.18% at ...
The Initial Public Offer by power company Umeme closed on 7 November and results are expected before the listing on 30 November. Before the close, ...
According to news reports, the Board of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is close to negotiating an exit package with CEO Emmanuel Munyukwi, who was suspended ...
Regulators in East Africa are seeking to boost liquidity by encouraging more trading in the dual-listed shares. The regional forum, the East African Securities Regulatory ...
A new CEO will start at the Namibian Stock Exchange on 1 January 2013. Sebby Kankondi, Chairman of the NSX, has announced that the Board ...
The World Bank has cut its growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa. Earlier in the year it forecast 5.2% growth overall for SSA economies in 2012, ...
Leading African private equity group Actis has won the title for “Best Developer in Africa” in the 8th annual global Euromoney Real Estate Survey run ...