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EIB Plans to Ramp Up Kenya Funding If State Red Tape Eases

NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – The European Investment Bank plans to double its funding for infrastructure development in Kenya this year if government bureaucracy in approving projects eases. The Luxembourg-based lender targets to disburse 200 million euros ($227 million) of loans, half of which will be available for the Kenya Ports Authority to refurbish berths at East Africa’s busiest sea-port in Mombasa county, Catherine Collin, the bank’s East Africa representative, said Thursday in an…

Egypt Dangles Incentives to Attract More Oil and Gas Investors

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt is finalizing details of a new type of oil and gas contract to attract even more foreign investment than the $10 billion already coming into its energy industry this year. The contract will provide investors with incentives to explore for fossil fuels in undeveloped areas, Egypt’s oil minister Tarek El-Molla said in an interview. He didn’t provide details of the changes to the contract. “We’re improving the cost-recovery process to…

Eskom Deepens South Africa Power Cuts as Moody’s Flags Risk

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s debt-laden power utility raced to stabilize the grid by resorting to the most intense supply cuts in four years while Moody’s Investors Service warned a plan to fix it fell short. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. implemented so-called stage 4 rotational power cuts from 1 p.m. That involves taking 4,000 megawatts of demand out of the system to prevent its complete collapse. The reductions come as Moody’s Investors Service…

Wall of Male Prejudice Stifles Women’s Rise in Nigerian Politics

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – When Bolanle Aliyu decided to run for governor of Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria, even her husband was initially reluctant to support her. Aliyu knew it was going to be tough once she entered the boisterous and sometimes violent world of Nigerian politics. She’d have to figure out how to fund her campaign and deal with corrupt party officials demanding bribes for everything from nomination forms to ensuring her…

Private equity funds raise $426bn in 2018

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Research provider Preqin indicated that 1,175 private equity (PE) funds raised a total of $426bn in capital commitments worldwide in 2018, compared to 1,670 PE funds that raised $565.8bn in 2017. Also, it said that 214 buyout funds raised $229bn in 2018, or 53.8% of total capital commitments, followed by 605 venture capital funds with $78.9bn (18.5%) in raised capital, 155 growth funds with $59.1bn (13.9%) in capital commitments,…

Ramaphosa Sets Out Plans to Revive South African Economy

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled plans to revive the flagging economy and create jobs, including removing obstacles to investing and doing business, attracting more tourists, and stepping up the fight against graft. “We are undaunted by the considerable difficulties we have yet to overcome,” Ramaphosa said in his annual State-of-the-Nation address in Parliament in Cape Town on Thursday. “Above everything else, we must get our economy working again.” The keynote…

RioZim Halts Output as Central Bank Fails to Make Payments

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) = RioZim Ltd. halted production at its three gold mines after Zimbabwe’s central bank failed to provide foreign currency the company needs to keep operating. The shutdown is the second by RioZim since October. It’s the latest indication of how businesses are struggling to keep going as a dearth of foreign exchange causes shortages of food and fuel in the southern African nation. RioZim said it suspended output after the central…

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