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Mozambique’s Nyusi Tightens Grip on Ruling Party After Congress

MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi cemented his grip on the ruling party at its leadership congress that ended Monday, and new leadership elected to Frente de Libertacao Mocambique’s most powerful organ may signal a cabinet reshuffle. Nyusi, who has ruled the country since the start of 2015, won nearly 100 percent of the vote to secure another five-year term as party president, as well as an endorsement to stand as its candidate in…

Libya Oil Output Set to Recover Following Sharara Brief Halt

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TRIPOLI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Libya’s oil production is set to recover from a five-month low as the North African supplier’s biggest field restarts following a brief halt. The OPEC member’s output is expected to rise to 1 million barrels a day from 800,000 within 2-3 days as the Sharara oil field restarts Tuesday, National Oil Corp. Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said Monday in a televised interview on Libya TV. The field produced about 234,000 barrels a day before guards…

Hedge Funds Flip ICOs, Leaving Other Investors Holding the Bag

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Instead of speculating on bitcoin, the smart money has figured out that one of the surest way to get rich quickly with cryptocurrencies is to be in early on initial coin offerings. Hedge funds are proving to be first among equals when it comes to digital token sales by technology startups, receiving preferential discounts and terms and then often cashing out. While legal, the maneuver is drawing comparisons to some…

Kenyan Vote Body to Meet Presidential Candidates Over Impasse

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya’s electoral commission plans to hold talks with the candidates for this month’s presidential-election rerun as it attempts to resolve an impasse over how the vote will be handled. “We look forward to meeting with the presidential candidates today,” the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission said in a statement Tuesday on its Twitter account. “We hope to create a common understanding” on the October 26 election. Former Prime Minister Raila…

U.S.’s Top Financial Cop Warns ICO Market Probably Full of Fraud

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Wall Street’s top regulator has a warning for mom-and-pop investors who are rushing into the booming market for initial coin offerings: the space is probably full of fraud. “It would shock me if you don’t see pump-and-dump schemes in the initial coin offering space,” U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton said on Thursday in Washington. “This is an area where I’m concerned about what’s going to happen to retail…

Bitcoin `More Than Just a Fad,’ Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman Says

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman takes a more measured view on the cryptocurrency than crosstown rival Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase & Co. head who earlier this month called it “a fraud” that’s in a speculative bubble worse than tulip bulbs. Bitcoin is “certainly something more than just a fad,” Gorman said Wednesday at an event held by the Wall Street Journal. “The concept of anonymous currency is a very interesting…

Michael Ove, A 31-Year-Old Wants to Revolutionize Cryptocurrency Trading

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Michael Oved helped Virtu Financial Incorporation become the most consistently profitable market maker in the history of electronic trading. Now he has his sights set on revolutionizing how digital currency exchanges operate. The new company he cofounded, AirSwap, sounds like a contradiction in terms: A decentralized exchange. Made possible by the nascent technology of the ethereum blockchain, there’s no central authority around which buyers and sellers gather. Instead, a computer program known as…

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