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Standard Bank Sees Opportunity for Africa in Brexit, Trade Wars

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africa’s largest lender, sees trade opportunities opening up for the continent as a result of Britain’s eventual exit from the European Union and the dispute between the U.S. and China over tariffs. Britain and China will be looking to bolster their relationship with emerging markets, and African nations could benefit from improved access, more favorable tariffs and increased trade should their governments step in to…

Air France Black-Box Hunter in Third Push to Solve Freak Crash

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ADDIS ABABA (Capital Markers in Africa) – French President Emmanuel Macron has meanwhile held discussions with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about a new contract for Toulouse-based Airbus SE as part of a renewal of the Ethiopian Airlines fleet, a French official said Thursday. Though the African carrier already operates the European planemaker’s A350 wide-body, all of its other jets are Boeings, including 787 Dreamliners for which it was one of the first global customers, and a variety of 737s. Macron…

Congo Republic Enlists Strauss-Kahn’s Help as IMF Bailout Sought

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CONGO (Capital Markers in Africa) – The Republic of Congo sought the assistance of former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the debt-strapped nation’s bid to secure a bailout stretches into a third year. Strauss-Kahn and Lazard France Chief Executive Officer Mathieu Pigassetraveled to the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, in January for talks with President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Finance Ministry spokesman Adrien Wayi Lewy said in an interview. “They have a great understanding of global finance and were…

France Accepts 737 Black Boxes as Macron Hunts Airbus Sales

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ADDIS ABABA (Capital Markers in Africa) – Ethiopia has sent black boxes from a crashed Boeing Co. 737 jet to France for decoding after refusing to hand them to U.S. authorities that had kept the Max model flying after most other regulators grounded it. The flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders have arrived at the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses, France’s air-accident investigator, with coordination meetings underway and technical work set to start Friday. The BEA said it will download data but hasn’t been…

Record Cocaine Busts Signal West Africa Is Transit Hub Again

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Record cocaine busts in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde have fueled fears of a resurgence of drug trafficking in West Africa that’s likely to benefit Islamist militant groups in the region. Authorities in the two former Portuguese colonies have intercepted as much as 10.4 metric tons of cocaine this year, more than the total amount seized on the entire continent between 2013 and 2016, according to the latest data available…

African Rainbow Capital to Grow Investments in East, West Africa

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LAGOS (Capital Markers in Africa) – African Rainbow Capital Investments Ltd. is expanding its portfolio outside its home market of South Africa to back businesses in the renewable energy, cold storage and financial-services sectors in West and East Africa. Through its recently-created emerging-markets division, the Johannesburg-based investment firm has entered into partnerships with the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank to focus on infrastructure projects in the rest of the continent, co-Chief Executive Officer Johan van Zyl said…

Morgan Stanley Says It’s Time for a Bet on South African Stocks

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markers in Africa) – There are dark clouds aplenty casting shadows over South Africa’s economy and its equity market. But Morgan Stanley argues that the potential rewards for investors mean the country’s stocks are worth the risks. South Africa benefits from its relatively high trade with Asia and is the country in eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa that’s most closely linked to China, which is seen as leading a rebound in emerging…

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