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Nigerian Equities Open the Week Bearish …Benchmark Index Down 0.8%

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Similar to the previous week, the All Share Index opened the week bearish, sustaining the negative sentiment from the previous trading session. The benchmark index declined 0.8% to settle at 25,600.64 points whilst YTD loss worsened to -4.7%. Today’s performance was broadly shaped by sell-offs in Industrial Goods and Banking bellwethers including DANGCEM (-1.8%), UBA (-4.0%) and ZENITH(-1.5%). Accordingly, investors lost N69.6bn as market capitalization closed at N8.8tn. Similarly, activity level waned as volume…

Fairfax Financial Holdings to Raise $500 Million for Africa Fund

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is expected to raise about $500 million for its new African investment fund, attracting less than its original goal as investor interest in the region proved weaker than anticipated, according to people familiar with the matter. The Toronto-based insurer sought to raise as much as $1 billion at $10 a share for Fairfax Africa Holdings Corp. in an initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange, according…

Egypt Says Remittances, Foreign Inflows Jump After Float

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Remittances from Egyptians working abroad are surging and foreigners bought more than $250 million in local assets on Sunday alone, further signs of growing confidence in the nation’s economy after it floated the currency and secured a $12 billion IMF loan. Expatriate workers sent home $4.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 12 percent from a year earlier, and most of it transferred after the pound was…

Economic Boom Fuels Flurry of IPOs in Sleepy West African Bourse, Says CEO

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – West Africa’s regional bourse aims to lure investors and increase the number of listings by more than a third in the next four years as some of the world’s fastest economic growth rates boost demand for capital. The Abidjan-based Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres, or BRVM, is targeting 16 new listings by 2020 in the telecommunications, finance, agribusiness, civil engineering and mines and energy industries, Chief Executive Officer Edoh Kossi…

Moody’s Says Ghana Deficit Will Heighten Currency Volatility

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana’s worse-than-expected budget deficit will heighten currency volatility and elevate the nation’s funding demands to finance previously undisclosed arrears of 7 billion cedis ($1.6 billion), according to Moody’s Investors Service. The discovery of the payment arrears reverses Ghana’s progress on consolidating its fiscal deficit since 2015 under an International Monetary Fund program, Moody’s said in an e-mailed statement on Monday. The shortfall is also weighing on debt dynamics and will undermine the…

INTO AFRICA February 2017 Edition: Africa’s Economic Path in 2017

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Welcome to the 2017’s first edition of INTO AFRICA, the publication with fresh insight into Africa’s emerging capital markets. In this edition, we bring you a selection of insights on Africa’s economic prospects in 2017. Please download by clicking: INTO AFRICA PUBLICATION: FEBRUARY 2017 EDITION. The collapse of oil prices has had far-reaching effects on African economies in 2016. For commodity exporters, the implications are glaring – weaker revenues have…

African Issuers Scrutinized After Mozambique’s Bond Default

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – After Mozambique’s default, investors are wondering who’s next in Africa. Bloomberg’s sovereign credit risk model — which uses data including budget deficits, foreign reserves, non-performing bank loans and political instability to calculate default probabilities — flags four candidates among African Eurobond issuers: Senegal, Tunisia, Ghana, and Zambia. Mozambique became the first African country to default on dollar bonds since Ivory Coast in 2011 when it failed to settle an almost $60 million…

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