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Mozambique Debt Restructuring to Continue as Scandal Grows

MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Mozambique will continue with restructuring talks over $2 billion of defaulted loans, the Ministry of Finance said, even as an international scandal around the debt intensifies. The $2 billion comprises three loans, one of which was converted into a eurobond, and another two that are guaranteed by the state. Mozambique in November announced an agreement in principal with investors to restructure its $727 million eurobonds that would see debt-holders…

Libya’s Biggest Oil Field Restarts, Adding Hurdle to OPEC Cuts

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Libya’s biggest oil field resumed production, adding another complication to OPEC’s effort to trim a global supply glut. Sharara resumed production and is expected to reach 80,000 barrels in one day, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak to the media. Regular output will be fully restored in the coming days, now that the site has been re-secured…

Zimbabwe Allocates Funds for Foreign Portfolio Investors to Exit

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – Zimbabwe’s central bank will provide 15 percent of the foreign exchange it has available to investors seeking to repatriate proceeds from share sales and dividends. The allocation is the latest step by the authorities to overhaul its monetary system after a lack of foreign currency caused shortages of basic commodities and spawned the highest inflation rate in a decade. The government last month scrapped a quasi-currency known as bond…

Wars, Coups, Whatever. Nothing Stops Europe’s No. 3 Gas Supplier

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ALGIERS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Arab Spring-style protests have rocked Europe’s third-biggest natural gas supplier. Thousands of young Algerians have taken to the streets, fed up with an octogenarian president who’s been in power for 20 years and a weak economy that doesn’t generate enough jobs. While the rare public display of dissatisfaction has sparked a political crisis in the authoritarian state, the country’s energy exports haven’t been disrupted. What’s going on in Algeria?…

South Africa’s Economic Growth Seen Stagnant as Confidence Wanes

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s economic growth will probably remain stunted unless household spending and investment pick up. While the economy emerged from a recession in the three months through September, a report from the statistics office on Tuesday will probably show growth slowed in the fourth quarter, according to the median estimate of 17 economists in a Bloomberg survey. Gross domestic product is estimated to have expanded 0.7 percent in 2018, according to…

Egypt’s Private Sector Is Hurting But More Optimistic on Future

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Private sector business activity in Egypt slowed in February to its lowest level since September 2017, as companies struggled with liquidity and new orders continued to fall, according to an Emirates NBD-Markit survey. The Purchasing Managers Index for the non-oil private sector fell for the sixth consecutive month, to 48.2 from 48.5 in January — well below the 50 mark that signals a growth in business activity. The sustained…

What to Watch in Commodities: Trade Fever, China’s Fate, Exxon

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Commodity investors will navigate a powerful array of events this week that’ll shed light on the most pressing topics of the moment: will there be a trade deal between the U.S. and China; what’s next in energy, including priorities for behemoths Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp.; and how is the outlook shaping up in global agricultural markets this year? In China, leaders gather in Beijing to detail priorities for the year as…

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