Author: The Editorial Team

ADDIS ABABA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Abiy Ahmed plans to double jobs created in 2019-20 as he implements a reform agenda that opens up the economy for more foreign investment. Africa’s second-most populous nation will probably create 3 million jobs in the year starting July 8 compared with 1.4 million in the previous 12 months, Abiy told lawmakers in the capital, Addis Ababa. Most of the jobs will come from small businesses, he said. While…

ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Moody’s Investors Service is predicting Ghana’s insurance industry will see a wave of mergers and acquisitions after the West African nation’s regulator more than tripled minimum capital requirements. The move to higher capital requirements is credit positive for the industry, Brandan Holmes, a vice president at Moody’s, said in emailed response to questions. Smaller insurers will either need to raise additional cash or be absorbed by their larger rivals, he…

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria sees itself securing oil and gas investments worth $48 billion between 2018 and 2025, which is 25% of a $194 billion surge of capital anticipated to flow into Africa during the eight-year period, according to the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. “The nation’s energy outlook appears very positive even amidst the difficult operating and economic headwinds across the continent,” Maikanti Baru, the outgoing group managing director of the company…