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Nigerian Economy Expands in First Quarter as Oil Output Rises

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s economy expanded for a fourth straight quarter in the first three months of the year, boosted by an increase in oil prices and output. Gross domestic product expanded 1.95 percent in the three months through March from a year earlier, Abuja-based National Bureau of Statistics said in an emailed report Monday. That lags the 2.6 percent median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. While it accounts for only about 10…

Nigeria Holds Key Rate at Record-High 14% on Inflation Risks

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s central bank held its main lending rate at a record-high 14 percent as it seeks to bring inflation down to within its target band. Of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee who attended this week’s meeting, eight voted to leave the benchmark rate, Governor Godwin Emefiele told reporters in the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday. That decision matched the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. Lawmakers only approved 2018 spending…

Egypt EGX 100 Breadth Weakens: 200 Day MA, 50 Day MA

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Market breadth for the EGX 100 Index weakened as 51 percent of companies closed above their 200 day moving average, compared with 62 percent the previous day. 24 percent of companies closed above their 50 day moving average, compared with 33 percent the previous day. The Egypt EGX 100 was little changed at 2,188.86, within 0.5 percent of its one-week low level reached on May 16. The loss follows the previous…

Zambia Central-Bank Head Kalyalya Faces Another Tough Test

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LUSAKA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Bank of Zambia Governor Denny Kalyalya can’t seem to catch a break. When he took leadership of the central bank in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer three years ago, the economy was on the brink of a crisis, with inflation rapidly accelerating to reach 22.9 percent. Now that he’s had his contract extended for five years, a new set of problems are emerging. The kwacha has fallen almost 7 percent against the…

Key Nigeria Crude Oil Flows Disrupted as Pipelines Are Curtailed

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc declared curbs on the flow of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude, disrupting post-conflict recovery in the West African country’s oil industry. Shell’s local unit on Thursday declared force majeure on Bonny Light exports following the shutdown of the Nembe Creek Trunk Line by the operator, Aiteo Eastern E&P Co. It came just days after loadings of the country’s Forcados crude were said to be delayed. Forcados and Bonny are…

Glencore Said to Face U.K. Bribery Probe Over Congo Dealings

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – The U.K.’s white-collar crime prosecutor is preparing to open a formal bribery investigation into Glencore Plc and its work with Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler and the leader of Democratic Republic of Congo, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Investigators at the Serious Fraud Office plan to seek formal approval for a full probe into Glencore’s dealings in Congo, said the people, who declined to be identified because the matter isn’t…

How Saving Steinhoff Became Heather Sonn’s 14-Hour-a-Day Mission

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Chairwoman seeks a ‘fair outcome’ for stakeholders after accounting scandal brings giant retailer to the brink Until December, Heather Sonn was running a small investment firm in Cape Town. Then an accounting scandal erupted at Steinhoff International Holdings NV and she was tapped to chair the board. The 46-year-old says she accepted the non-executive role because she felt a duty to those affected by the crisis, which has wiped more than 95…

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