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 ...
U.S. development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), is to invest up to $285 million in financing to private equity funds. These in ...
Developing Africa’s securities exchanges is critical for the continent’s development, with capital markets standing between huge demand for capital for growth and huge demand to ...
Mark Mobius, veteran emerging markets investor and head of Templeton Emerging Markets, is bullish about the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), although it is the worst-performing ...
The UK’s regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has issued a warning about unregulated “sustainable, ethical and alternative” investments. It says: “We are seeing an ...
Private equity managers (GPs) have exited some $1.2bn of investments this year, spurred by new interest and good deal values, according to data from Preqin. ...
Government leaders, regulators and decision-makers across Africa recognize the success of private equity in growing companies, creating jobs and developing infrastructure. They are actively considering ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority has drafted proposals on corporate governance and is waiting for approval so they can be gazetted and become law.
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, ...
Competitive African bank leaders are seizing opportunities of new technology to reach 250m unbanked families. Conference on emerging markets technology innovation and banking coming up ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...