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Africa Day: Ideas For Africa – By Cristina Duarte, AfDB Presidential Candidate

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, (Capital Markets in Africa) — As we celebrate Africa Day, it gives me great pleasure to congratulates our continent for the remarkable vision it has had by embarking, decades ago, in a project aimed at achieving its unity. This year’s Africa Day coincides with the return to its headquarters of the prime institution of African Development -The African Development Bank (AfDB). It is therefore timely to once more pay tribute to the founding…

Africa – A land worth exploring

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Capte-Town, South-Africa, (Capital Markets in Africa) –May 25, 2015/ — Africa Day 2015 is an opportunity to celebrate the development of the African continent as well as consider the various opportunities that it offers. This is according to Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), who not only believes that the continent offers vast opportunities but also that it is one of the last frontiers for economic growth and development. Africa Day…

South Africa’s Pension Fund acquires stake in Bayport Management

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Port Lious, Mauritius (Capital Markets in Africa):-The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), manager of South Africa’s $150 billion Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), is investing $149 million in Bayport Management, the Mauritius-based financial services company. However, the size of the minority stake acquired was not disclosed. Bayport Management Limited provides unsecured loans to customers in developing markets including several in Africa. Founded in 2001, the company now has over 6,700 employees servicing over 500,000 customers through 405 branches…

IFC Supports Tech Companies with US$10mn Investment in Wamda Capital

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa) — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $10 million in a venture capital fund that supports promising technology companies, part of an effort to drive job creation across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The investment will help Wamda Capital advise entrepreneurs and provide seed funding to tech firms in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and other countries. Such support is considered vital in a region where…

Flow of External Finance to Africa over the last 25 years.

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- As they prepare for the fast-approaching Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa (July 13-16, 2015), policymakers, private sector actors, and other global leaders should examine the types of external financial flows (defined as the sum of gross private capital flows, official development assistance (ODA), and remittances) that different groupings of countries receive in order to best support the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. Understanding how…

The Abraaj Group invests in Auvest MENASA Opportunities Fund

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Abraaj Group (‘Abraaj’ or ‘The Group’), a leading investor operating in global growth markets, today announced its commitment of US$ 30 million to the Auvest MENASA Opportunities Fund I L.P. (the ‘Fund’). Through this investment, Abraaj will take on the role of cornerstone investor in the Fund, which intends to raise between US$ 250-300 million to invest in the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector across…

South African metros’ borrowing to rise to fund infrastructure projects

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa):- South African metropolitan municipalities’ borrowing is expected to increase over the next three years to help pay for infrastructure spending needed to provide adequate electricity, water, roads and social housing for growing populations, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report published today. The report, entitled “South Africa Metropolitan Municipalities: Borrowing to increase as infrastructure investment needs rise”, is now available on www.moodys.com. Moody’s subscribers can access this report…

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