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Money Manager Targets Return From Housing South Africa Students

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South African stock exchange investors are about to get their first opportunity to bet on income from housing students enrolled at the country’s campuses. Inkunzi Wealth Group, a Johannesburg-based money manager, intends to offer shares in a student accommodation fund on the city’s main exchange before the year is out, Chief Executive Officer Owen Nkomo said in an interview. There’s demand from listed property investors for an alternative to exposure to…

Zimbabwe Capital City Plans $100 Million Housing Bond This Year

Posted on by The Editorial Team

HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa ) – Zimbabwe’s capital city plans to raise a $100 million bond this year to finance the building of new homes and end a decades-long housing shortage, its mayor said. The capital, Harare, has “outgrown itself and the population has grown beyond the city’s initial designs,” mayor Bernard Manyenyeni said Tuesday in an interview. An original plan to obtain $150 million through the central government became “entangled in politics,” he said, without…