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South Africa cuts growth forecast, calls for political stability

CAPE TOWN (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s Treasury on Wednesday slashed this year’s growth forecast and predicted a wider budget deficit for the 2016/17 fiscal year, warning that it would have to cut spending to avoid credit rating downgrades. Speaking to reporters before presenting his budget speech to parliament, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, who is facing fraud charges, stressed the need to bring an end to “political noise” in the country and get…

Nigeria’s Buhari asks parliament to approve $30 bln of borrowing

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ABUJA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked parliament to approve plans to borrow $30 billion abroad to fund infrastructure plans until 2018, according to a letter read out on Tuesday in the assembly. Nigeria, an OPEC member, slipped into recession for the first time in more than 20 years in the second quarter largely due to low global oil prices. Crude oil sales account for about two-thirds of government revenue….

South Africa to borrow $6 billion from international markets: Treasury

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CAPE TOWN (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa plans to borrow $6 billion from international markets over the next three years, with foreign currency bond issuance increasing by $2.1 billion in the current financial year, the Treasury said on Wednesday. Treasury has already issued a pair of dollar bonds in overseas capital markets worth $3 billion in September and $1.5 billion in April. It said the key driver of increased debt were the weaker…

Uganda economy to grow 5 pct 2016/17, 5.5 pct 2017/18, IMF says

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KAMPALA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Uganda’s economy will grow by 5 percent in the 2016/17 (July-June) fiscal year, the International Monetary Fund forecast on Wednesday, trimming the forecast from 5.5 percent after state revenues missed targets and some major projects faced delays. The IMF also predicted Uganda would grow 5.5 percent next fiscal year, boosted by rising spending on infrastructure. Uganda has been pressing ahead with several major projects, including new dams and roads….

Egypt’s domestic debt up 24%in FY15/16

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt’s domestic debt surged 24% or EGP503.25 billion during the fiscal year 2015/16, according to the monthly bulletin of the Central Bank of Egypt. The country’s general debt amounted to EGP2.619 trillion by the end of June 2016 compared with EGP 2.116 trillion a year earlier. The country’s governmental domestic debt reached EGP 2.29 trillion, while the net debt of the economic entities and National Investment bank amounted to…

Tunisia to offer $50 billion of projects to foreign investors

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TUNIS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Tunisia will offer foreign investors and financiers participation in $50 billion of projects as it seeks to create jobs to maintain political stability, the country’s investment minister said. The projects range from construction of a new deep-water port at Enfidha in northern Tunisia to desalination plants and energy-generating projects. They will be announced at an international investment conference next month. Investors from 70 countries are expected to come to…

Egypt to issue $2 bln in international bonds, roadshow in Nov

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt will issue roughly $2 billion in international bonds, less than previously announced, and will begin a roadshow for the planned offering in the second or third week of November, Finance Minister Amr El Garhy said on Monday. Egypt has been negotiating billions of dollars in aid from various lenders to help revive an economy battered by political upheaval since the 2011 revolt and ease a dollar shortage that…

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