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Egypt targeting $9 bln in foreign financing in FY 2017-18

CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt is targeting $9 billion in foreign financing in the 2017-18 fiscal year, Deputy Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk told Reuters on Wednesday. The financing will be divided between $3 billion obtained from debt markets and $5 billion to $6 billion from international finance institutions, he said. Egypt agreed with the International Monetary Fund in November on a $12 billion, three-year loan programme to support government efforts to reduce its…

Nigeria’s government revenues fall in February due to lower oil prices

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ABUJA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s distributable government revenues fell to 429.127 billion naira in February from 465.19 billion naira in January due to lower oil prices and attempts to sabotage its oil pipelines, a government statement said on Tuesday. Distributable revenue is government income that is shared at various levels of state including the federal government, state governments and local government councils. Average oil prices fell to $44.74 from $49.57 per barrel in…

Nigerian Central Bank Keeps Key Policy Rate Unchanged at 14%

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth consecutive meeting to balance lifting the economy out of its worst slump in 25 years with fighting inflation that’s at almost double the government’s target. The Monetary Policy Committee held the key policy rate at 14 percent, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele told reporters in the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday. That was in line with the forecast of all 17 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. While inflation in Africa’s…

Morocco’s central bank keeps interest rate at 2.25%

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RABAT (Capital Markets in Africa) – Morocco’s central bank maintained its key monetary policy rate at 2.25 percent and raised its forecast for inflation and growth slightly this year due to improved domestic demand and a rise in imported inflation. The Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), which cut its rate by 25 basis points a year ago in response to declining inflation, added monetary conditions tightened slightly last year due to an appreciation of the real effective…

Tanzania gets $2.4 bln infrastructure projects loan from World Bank

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DAR AS SALAAM (Capital Markets in Africa) – The World Bank will lend Tanzania $2.4 billion over the next three years to finance infrastructure projects, the bank’s president Jim Yong Kim said on Monday. Tanzania is seeking to finance for infrastructure projects as part of its plans to transforming the country into a regional transport and trade hub. “Tanzania will be able to access an estimated $2.4 billion in concessional financing, an increase of half a…

Kenya says has drawn down $800 mln syndicated loan

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya has signed an $800 million syndicated loan with four international lenders and the government has already drawn down the sum, a senior Treasury official said on Monday President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces re-election in August, has raised borrowing since taking power in April 2013. Last week, he dismissed criticism of the higher borrowing, saying it was funding development in the East African nation. In January, the Nairobi government…

Egypt’s CIB completes $40 mln sale of investment banking unit

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt’s largest listed bank CIB said on Monday it had finalised the sale of a near 75 percent stake in its investment banking arm to a consortium of local and foreign investors in a deal worth 710.2 million Egyptian pounds ($39.5 million). Commercial International Bank (CIB) signed an agreement in December to sell the majority of its shares in CI Capital to a group of Egyptian and Gulf investors. It…

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