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Kenyan Court Backs President’s Vote Win, Ending Uncertainty

NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya’s top court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidential-election win, ending three months of electoral uncertainty that have slowed growth in East Africa’s biggest economy. Stocks gained the most in two months. Kenyatta won the rerun fairly and electoral authorities’ failure to hold polling in the country’s western region didn’t invalidate the outcome, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting all of the petitions challenging the vote. “The court has unanimously determined that the…

Nigeria’s Forte Oil Falls Most in Nine Months as MSCI Exit Looms

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigerian fuel retailer and electricity provider fell 9.7 percent to 43.89 naira by Monday close in Lagos. Volume traded more than 3 times the daily average for past 3 months. Decline “may be related to investors’ reactions to the announcement of the complete removal of the stock from the MSCI Frontier Market Indexes,” Kikelomo Alatise, equity analyst at Lagos-based Meristem Securities, says by email Funds tracking stocks that were deleted…

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Faces Impeachment as He Balks at Retiring

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – Zimbabwean lawmakers are set to begin impeachment proceedings against President Robert Mugabe on Monday after he missed a ruling-party deadline to end his 37-year reign. Mugabe, 93, was widely expected to announce that he was stepping down in a televised address late on Sunday to enable Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom he fired as vice president earlier this month, to take over. Mugabe instead delivered a rambling and largely incoherent speech, in which he pledged…

IMF Sees Tough South Africa Budget Unless Fiscal Risk Sorted

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa will face more fiscal difficulties and higher financing costs should state-owned companies’ debt continue rising and if the nation’s local debt is downgraded to junk, the International Monetary Fund said. If state entities such as cash-strapped power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. and South African Airways request more state support, the government will have to step in to help, removing fiscal space for “more socially useful activities,” Montfort…

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Said to Risk Impeachment If He Won’t Quit

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe could be impeached if he refuses to bow to pressure to resign, according to four officials close to mediation efforts aimed at ending a political standoff in the southern African nation. The military placed the 93-year-old Mugabe under house arrest early Wednesday and detained top officials who’d backed his wife, Grace, to succeed him. Mugabe has been made aware he could be impeached but he initially dismissed the…

Angolan Sonangol’s Fired Boss Said She Leaves $2 Billion in Reserves

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LUANDA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, said Sonangol will be left with a financial reserve of $2 billion after she leaves as chair of Angola’s state-owned oil company. Her firing Wednesday marks the first time Angolan President Joao Lourenco has directly targeted the family of his predecessor, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second-biggest oil producer for 38 years and appointed his eldest daughter to the helm of Sonangol last year. She was relieved…

Bitcoin Flirts With Record $8,000 High, Leaving Sell-Off Behind

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Bitcoin has picked up right where it left off, capping a resurgent week by climbing within a few dollars short of a record $8,000 just days after a plunge of as much as 29 percent from the previous high tested the confidence of advocates of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has gained 17 percent this week, touching a high of $7,997.17 during Asia hours before moving lower in late trading. The rally…

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