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MTN Drops as Phone Carrier Confronts New Allegations in Nigeria

LAGOS, Capital Markets in Africa: MTN Group Ltd. shares slumped the most in three months after Nigerian lawmakers raised new allegations about the wireless carrier, this time accusing the company of illegally moving almost $14 billion out of its largest market. Nigeria’s Senate will thoroughly investigate the claim, it said on its Twitteraccount on Tuesday. The Johannesburg-based company, Africa’s biggest wireless carrier by sales, is accused of repatriating the funds over 10 years starting in 2006, according…

Nigerian Economic Policy Dispute Hinders Chances of Recovery

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LAGOS, Capital Markets in Africa: A dispute between Nigeria’s monetary and fiscal policy makers over how to lift the economy out of its worst slump in more than two decades may delay a recovery in Africa’s most populous country. Central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele last week ignored calls by Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun to cut borrowing costs and kept the key interest rate unchanged at 14 percent, hours after she said in a television interview looser policy is necessary to…

Oil Tankers Head to Key Nigeria Port as Militant Risk Endures

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LAGOS, Capital Markets in Africa: Oil tankers able to collect 6 million barrels of crude are heading to the biggest export terminal in Nigeria, where shipments are about to resume at a time when militants continue to pose a threat to the nation’s energy infrastructure. The Suezmax Ottoman Nobility is set to arrive at the Qua Iboe terminal on Tuesday, the first of five vessels due to load Nigeria’s largest export crude grade since terminal operator Exxon Mobil…

Ivory Coast Said to Start Sucrivoire Share Sale Next Week

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ABIDJAN, Capital Markets in Africa: Ivory Coast will start selling its stake in Sucrivoire SA next week, ahead of the sugar producer’s listing on the regional exchange in Abidjan, the commercial capital, according to a person familiar with the matter. The government will sell its 23 percent stake in Sucrivoire at 13,000 CFA francs per share, raising about 14.7 billion francs ($25.1 million), said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter is…

South African Rand Advances to Five-Week High After U.S. Debate

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JOHANNESBURG, Capital Markets in Africa: South Africa’s currency strengthened for a second day, trailing only Mexico’s peso, as traders judged Hillary Clinton to have won the U.S. presidential debate versus Donald Trump. The rand appreciated as much as 1.5 percent against the dollar, heading for the strongest closing level since Aug. 18. It was 1.3 percent stronger at 13.5060 by 9:42 a.m. in Johannesburg. Most of the more than 140 global currencies tracked by Bloomberg gained. After Clinton and Trump’s first face-to-face…

Access Bank to Sell Nigeria’s First Eurobond for Two Years

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LAGOS, Capital Markets in Africa: Access Bank Plc will start an investor roadshow Tuesday as it prepares to issue the first Eurobond from Nigeria in almost two years. Nigeria’s fourth-largest lender by assets will meet investors in the U.S. and Europe through Oct. 3 and wants to sell five-year debt, according to Chief Executive Officer Herbert Wigwe. Barclays Plc, Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. will arrange the deal, he said. “It will be for working capital,…

AfDB Seeks Investors for $7.6-Billion Tanzanian Railway Line

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DAR ES SALAAM, Capital Markets in Africa: The African Development Bank will hold an investors’ roadshow to attract as much as $7.6 billion in financing for a railway line linking Tanzania’s port in Dar es Salaam with neighboring landlocked countries. The Abidjan, Ivory Coast-based lender is teaming up with the World Economic Forum to help attract investors to bankroll the 2,200-kilometer (1,370-mile) line, according to Gabriel Negatu, AfDB’s regional director for East Africa. “We are convening a meeting of…

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