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NPF Regtech Leaders Forum: Building a Network of Industry Influencers

The NextGen Payments – Regtech Leaders Forum 2017, continuing the NextGen Payments events series, is set to launch on September 6-7 in Brussels. The event will address the accelerating digitalisation and automatisation of the finance sector – from regulatory changes and newest compliance practices to AI and robotics integration; its present day effects and the future of personal and business finances. This exclusive event will include participants from all over Europe, Australia, Russia, the Middle…

Mining Clash Heats Up as South Africa Seeks Rights Freeze

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s mines minister has struck back at attempts by the industry to fight his controversial new industry rules with a proposal to indefinitely freeze granting and renewing mining rights. Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said Thursday that the moratorium is necessary to ensure that no rights are approved without being subject to the new regulations, which he has agreed to suspend pending an initial court judgment. The Chamber of Mines, which represents the industry, will…

Why Ghana Central Bank May Cut Key Interest Rate

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana’s central bank may cut its key interest rate for a third straight meeting with inflation at its slowest in four years and a strengthening currency. Consumer-price growth has tumbled 7.1 percentage points since reaching an all-time high of 19.2 percent in March last year. While the cedi weakened to a record low against the dollar on March 2, it has strengthened 8.2 percent since then. The median of seven economists’ estimates…

Nigeria’s Former Ruling Party in Opposition Coalition Talks

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s former ruling party is in talks with other opposition groups to build a new coalition to try to prevent its main rival, the All Progressives Congress led by President Muhammadu Buhari, from winning a second term in the West African nation’s next vote in 2019. “We’re talking to more than 16 political parties to see how we can come and work together,” Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the People’s Democratic Party,…

Nigeria Oil Thieves Keep a Lid on Output Even as Bombs Abate

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Agbada 2 flow station should have been buzzing with activity, pumping crude to one of Nigeria’s largest export terminals. Instead it was idle in the muggy, mid-morning heat as Wilcox Emmanuel, the facility’s manager, shrugged in resignation about the thieves who’d shut him down. As much as 30 percent of the oil sent by pipelines through the swampy Niger River delta is stolen, consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. estimates. That’s…

IMF Wants Full Mozambique Debt Audit as Bondholders Slam Default

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MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) – The International Monetary Fund said Mozambique must publish the full audit of hidden debt before it will consider resuming lending, as bondholders criticized the government’s latest default on its Eurobonds. The IMF welcomed the release last month of a summary of the Kroll LCC audit, saying it constituted an “important step toward greater transparency,” spokesman William Murray said at a briefing in Washington Thursday. The fund will consider re-engaging with Mozambique once the…

South Africa Cuts Key Rate for the First Time in Five Years

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s central bank cut borrowing costs for the first time in five years as inflation eases and after the country slipped into a recession. The Monetary Policy Committee reduced its key rate by 25 basis points to 6.75 per cent, Governor Lesetja Kganyago told reporters Thursday in the capital, Pretoria, citing concern about the nation’s growth outlook. Only three of 23 economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted a reduction. The cut is the…

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