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| Botswana's Imara Holdings moves to expand Imara Holdings Ltd (www.imaraholdings.com), an investment banking and asset management group with operations in 10 countries mostly in southern Africa, aims to expand in Zimbabwe, according to a repor…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Aureos Africa gets busy investing $381 mln The Aureos Africa Fund is busy with its mission – it says it is the largest fund ever to focus on investing in small to mid-sized businesses across Africa. The website www.africancapitalmarketsn…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| $10.7 bln deal for African telecoms Telecoms have attracted some of Africa’s biggest and most lucrative equity deals and the 14 Feb sale of $10.7 billion of telecom assets further indicates the rising power from the East, this tim…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Stockbroker bullish on Africa International stockbroker Exotix (www.exotix.co.uk) is bullish on African equities and on growth prospects, reports the website www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com According to the latest report ̶…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Zimbabwe SE seeks to restore IFRS compliance by listed compa The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is seeking to reinforce International Financial Reporting Standards again on its listed companies, according to the blog, www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com Many had stopped…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Agri-Vie fund seeks $100 mln, makes farm investments Agricultural private equity fund Agri-Vie (www.agrivie.com) will reach its target of raising $100 million for investment in agricultural projects by February or March, according to an interview with R…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Ethiopian Commodity Exchange sells 150 seats The fast-growing Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (www.ecx.com.et) on 31 December sold 150 full membership seats for a total of Birr 34 million (US$2.7 million), reports website www.africancapitalmarketsn…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| First African carbon credit scheme since Copenhagen South Africa’s Nedbank (www.nedbank.co.za) has announced an agreement with international non-governmental organisation Wildlife Works Incorporated (www.wildlifeworks.com) to launch an African ca…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| National Insurance to list in Uganda An initial public offering (IPO) for Uganda’s National Insurance Corporation (NIC www.nic.co.ug) will be launched on 14 January and close on 5 February, according to a report on www.africancapit…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Farmers to insure against weather and disasters A Global Index Insurance Facility has been launched as an insurance scheme to help compensate for certain catastrophic events, depending on their severity, reports www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com. …… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Nigerian Stock Exchange seeks $33m NSE Director General Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke reportedly told local media that the exchange's software has been upgraded four times, with the next in 2010, at a likely cost of 16 mln-20 million euros …… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Kenya: $336m automated bond launched 91% opted to have bond certificates immobilized in CDS accounts, according to the africancapitalmarketsnews.com. The ATS links to the central depositories of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the Ce…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Nigeria: Probe begins in market sector The hearings are part of joint investigations into the financial sector. Already, chief executives and top management of eight banks have been fired for recklessness and lack of governance, and a Nair…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Africa scores in new $750m fund “We are assessing investment opportunities across the continent and we will be looking to invest a significant proportion of our fund in Africa”, stated Paul Fletcher, Senior Partner at Ac…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| IFC invests $100m in Nigeria telecom HTN builds and maintains a network of telecommunications towers and leases space to providers of wireless telecommunications services, africancapitalmarketsnews.com reported. The IFC is leading a $…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| JSE trades gold, platinum and crude oil futures contracts South Africa’s securities exchange, the JSE Ltd (www.jse.co.za), is offering trading in gold, platinum and sweet crude oil futures contracts on its commodities derivatives market, according to a…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Bill to regulate Rwanda's capital markets goes to Parliament A bill to regulate the capital markets and collective investment schemes was tabled in the Rwandan Parliament last week. According to New Times newspaper and blog www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com, Tr…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| African Bonds Roundup Absa Capital (www.absacapital.com), the investment banking arm of Absa Group, plans to work in a range of African debt markets, particularly in countries where its parent, Barclays, is active. Standar…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Bond issues for PTA Bank and Nigeria’s UBA Bank Bond issues are cropping up across Africa, and investor interest could be keen for selected issues, as seen by the US$1.5 billion orderbook for the African Development Bank global bond. Website www.af…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Orders for AfDB bond top $1.5bn According to the africancapitalmarketnews.com website, AfDB’s 3-year bond, lead-managed by Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, was priced at “mid swap flat̶…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| The best of African capital markets awarded The brightest and best of Africa’s capital markets were highlighted in New York on 21 September at an awards dinner, reports the website, www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com. The Johannesburg Sto…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| $25 mln East Africa media and telecoms deal Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) announced on 22 September it has committed $25 million to Wananchi Group Holdings (www.wananchi.com), a leading East African media and telecommunications company specia…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| AfDB wants more funds for African recovery The African Development Bank Group (www.afdb.org) is urging the G-20 Summit to increase its resources, according to www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com. The bank says Africa and low income countries sho…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| Top African venture capital meet (AVCA) in Cairo Private equity and venture capital opportunities in Africa, billed “the world’s fastest-growing continent”, are on the agenda of the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) 8th An…… | 0 | Tom Minney | ||
| $8 bn for African ICT Some US$8 billion was invested in developing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Africa in 2008, reports www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com According to Nigeria’s Daily Independent…… | 0 | Tom Minney |
