The Editorial Team |

IMF says expects board to consider Egypt loan in next few weeks

CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that a $12 billion loan program for Egypt should be ready for board approval in the next few weeks and insisted that it would not call for cuts to food subsidies. “Progress has been made on a number of objectives and actions under that program in the subsequent period and we expect the program to come to the board within the next…

Nigeria has commitments for $500 mln of its planned Eurobond

Posted on by The Editorial Team

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria has $500 million of commitments for the planned $1 billion Eurobond it intends to issue before the end of the year and any decision to increase the size of the offer will depend on pricing, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Thursday. Nigeria wants to sell a $1 billion in Eurobonds by the end of the year although, as of Thursday, no bank had been appointed to arrange…

Afreximbank raises more than $3 bln to fund work, but demands soar

Posted on by The Editorial Team

KIGALI (Capital Markets in Africa) – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has already secured more than the $3 billion it had sought to raise by the end of 2016 to fund its activities, with about $1 billion coming from Eurobonds, a senior executive said on Thursday. But Cairo-based Afreximbank Executive Vice-President George Elombi also told Reuters the bank did not have enough resources to meet the continent’s soaring demand for financing from African economies hurt…

EGYPT: QALAA’S to sell 100% stake in DJELFA for $60million

Posted on by The Editorial Team

CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Qalaa Holdings, an African leader in energy and infrastructure, announced that its subsidiaries ASEC Cement and ASEC Cement Djelfa Offshore have signed a preliminary Share Purchase Framework Agreement (subject to certain terms and conditions) to sell 100% of ASEC Ciment Algérie “AACC” (Djelfa) for consideration of US$ 60 million in DZD equivalent. The acquiring party is a consortium of Algerian investors. AACC has a license to build a 3…

EAIF and Dutch development bank FMO in US$14.7 million loan

Posted on by The Editorial Team

KAMPALA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has participated in a syndicate led by the Dutch development bank, FMO, to provide a US$14.7 million loan to enable the construction of a 10MW solar farm in the Tororo area of Eastern Uganda. EAIF has provided 50% of the loan. The Tororo Solar North PV project will serve an area heavily dependent on subsistence farming and with high unemployment. The development includes…

Total, Glencore and Gunvor bidding for Chevron’s South African assets

Posted on by The Editorial Team

CAPE TOWN (Capital Markets in Africa) – Total, Glencore and Gunvor are bidding for a 75 percent stake in Chevron’s South African downstream assets, which include a refinery, three industry sources told Reuters on Tuesday. U.S. oil major Chevron said in January it planned to sell 75 percent of its South African business unit, which includes a 110,000-barrels-a-day refinery in Cape Town. The second bidding round in which actual offers were made closed on Sept….

South Africa cuts growth forecast, calls for political stability

Posted on by The Editorial Team

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…

« 1 … 798 799 800 801 802 … 1,077 »