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World Bank Raises 2017 Oil Price Forecast at $55 per barrel

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The World Bank is raising its 2017 forecast for crude oil prices to $55 per barrel from $53 per barrel as members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) prepare to limit production after a long period of unrestrained output. Energy prices, which include oil, natural gas and coal, are projected to jump almost 25 percent overall next year, a larger increase than anticipated in July. The…

South Africa can avoid credit downgrades , Finance Minister says

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa is making progress towards avoiding rating downgrades despite the economy not growing fast enough, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told a trade union gathering on Wednesday a week before reading his mid-term budget speech. Ratings agencies have warned they could cut the country’s credit rating to “junk” by year-end if the country does not lift growth to at least 1 percent annually. “As a country we have to understand…

Nigeria needs more time to negotiate rail project with GE

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ABUJA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria needs more time to negotiate a railway concession project with U.S. company General Electric, the country’s transport minister said on Wednesday. Both sides have confirmed talks on GE being granted a railway concession in Nigeria worth around $2 billion but no details have emerged yet. “GE is proposing a two-year rehabilitation of the rail tracks to be carried out by them and to have a concession period of 25…

Gabon: ICD and DCF of Gabon sign an MoU

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – Mr. Khaled Al-Aboodi, the CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a member of Islamic Development Bank Group, and Mr. Alain Ditona Moussavou CEO of Deposit and Consignments Fund (DCF), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch an investment fund to support the financing of SMEs in Gabon and Central Africa. The two institutions are determined to bring a solution to the…

African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) officially open for business in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe

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NAIROBI, Kenya, October 19, 2016/ — At a press conference, the CEO of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), George Otieno, along with H.E. Dina Mufti, the Ethiopian Ambassador and Gabriel Negatu, Regional Director, African Development Bank announced today that it is ready to begin covering transactions in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. After a year-long process that was supported with funds from the African Development Bank, both countries are now members. The announcement will give investors…

Uganda central bank cuts main rate to 13 pct, more easing seen

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KAMPALA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Uganda’s central bank cut its main interest rate on Tuesday to 13 percent from 14 percent to boost growth, and analysts said there was room for another reduction this year. Policymakers in the East African nation began cutting the benchmark rate in April, bringing it back down from the peak of 17 percent reached as the bank battled a surge in prices. Core inflation dipped to 4.8 percent last month…

Kenya Credit Rating upgrade to stable from negative by Standard and Poors

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded Kenya’s credit outlook to stable from negative, citing sustained economic growth, reduced political tension and stabilising public debt. S&P’s move to upgrade the credit outlook bodes well for the government when it moves to borrow from the international market to plug the gaping budget deficit of Sh689 billion in the current fiscal year. In its previous sovereign update on Kenya…

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