The Editorial Team |

Boeing Says More Time Needed to Finish 737 Max Software Fix

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Boeing Co. says it needs more time to finish a software upgrade for its grounded 737 Max jetliners as company engineers update a stall-prevention system linked to two fatal crashes in five months. The planemaker said last week it would submit final paperwork for the revamp to the Federal Aviation Administration by March 29 to make the system — known as MCAS — less aggressive in pushing down a plane’s…

What to Watch in Commodities: Trade, Aramco, Megadeal, OPEC, LNG

Posted on by The Editorial Team

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Commodities posted good returns in the first quarter, although there are now concerns on whether gains can be sustained. As April opens, it’s deals that are on the radar: the U.S. and China plan more talks as they seek to narrow differences on trade, and in what could be the biggest deal in the gold-mining industry, Goldcorp Inc. shareholders vote on the merger with Newmont Mining Corp. Also key to events, mammoth oil…

Ghana Holds Rate at 6-Year Low as It Warns of Currency Risk

Posted on by The Editorial Team

ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – – Ghana’s central bank maintained its benchmark interest rate at a six-year low, warning that it could tighten policy if inflation risks from a weaker currency materialize. The Bank of Ghana kept the rate at 16 percent, Governor Ernest Addison told reporters Monday in the capital, Accra. All four economists in a Bloomberg survey forecast the unchanged stance. After an unexpected rate cut in January on favorable inflation outcomes, the cedi accelerated its…

Moody’s Hands S. Africa’s Ramaphosa Lifeline as Assets Rally

Posted on by The Editorial Team

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Moody’s Investors Service’s brief comment on South Africa’s credit ratingsparked the rand’s strongest rally in five months on Monday and drove government bond yields to the lowest since May. More importantly, it bought President Cyril Ramaphosa more time to convince investors he has the ability to introduce reforms that would stimulate the economy, consolidate government spending and reduce corruption in Africa’s most industrialized economy. The rating company on Friday deferred a scheduled…

Equatorial Guinea Signs Deals to Boost Alen Unit Gas Production

Posted on by The Editorial Team

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Equatorial Guinea signed agreements to develop natural gas from offshore blocks operated by Noble Energy Inc., which will feed the Punta Europa liquefied natural gas plant in an effort to boost exports of the fuel. The Alen Unit joint venture project, located in Blocks O and I, will install a 70-kilometer (44-mile) pipeline from its platform to the LNG plant, operated by Marathon Oil Corp. The gas will then be processed…

Mastercard to Join Investors in Africa Online Retailer Jumia

Posted on by The Editorial Team

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Jumia Technologies AG said Mastercard Inc. has agreed to invest 50 million euros ($56 million) in a private placement ahead of the Africa-focused online retailer’s planned initial public offering in New York. The U.S. credit-card giant joins shareholders such as French drinks maker Pernod Ricard SA, which bought a 5.1 percent stake for 75 million euros in December, and largest investors MTN Group Ltd. and Rocket Internet SE. The Pernod deal valued Jumia at…

BRICS Bank to Raise $310 Million Selling South African Bonds

Posted on by The Editorial Team

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – The New Development Bank plans to issue South African bonds in the third quarter to raise 4.4 billion rand ($310 million) for two infrastructure projects in the continent’s most-industrialized economy. Standard Bank Group Ltd. and Absa Group Ltd. have been picked to arrange the debt sale, Leslie Maasdorp, the NDB’s chief financial officer, told reporters in Cape Town on Monday. The funding is earmarked for Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority, the state-owned firm responsible…

« 1 … 329 330 331 332 333 … 1,073 »