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South Africa’s Rand Gains Offer South Africa’s Kganyago ‘Cushion’ on Rates

South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: The recent strength of South Africa’s rand is providing a cushion for the country’s policy makers and shouldn’t lead to complacency in tackling inflation, Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said. “The risks to the inflation outlook has to do with possible future weakness in the currency,” Kganyago told reporters at a central bank event in Pretoria on Thursday. “The fact that the currency has strengthened has not taken that way, it has…

Zambians Await Presidential Vote Results After Frenzied Campaign

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LUSAKA, Zambia, Capital Markets in Africa: Ballot counting in Zambia was under way Friday after voting ended in a hotly contested election that pitted President Edgar Lungu against his main challenger, Hakainde Hichilema, for the second time in 19 months. Less than 28,000 votes separated the two men when they contested a snap poll in January last year, after President Michael Sata died in office. While Lungu’s administration has improved the country’s road system and built new clinics and schools, a growth…

SBM of Mauritius Looks to New Hires to Sustain Earnings Growth

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Mauritius, Capital Markets in Africa: SBM Holdings Ltd., the second-biggest company by market value in Mauritius, plans to reshuffle its top management and make new hires to sustain earnings growth that saw first-half profit more than double. “With further appointments at strategic posts in the coming months, in line with the implementation of our modernization and diversification plan, SBM is poised to generate new sources of income which will impact even more favorably on our…

Soutth Africa’s Rand Heads for Fourth Week of Gains as Johannesburg Stocks Rise

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: The rand strengthened for a fourth week against the dollar as investors seeking higher yields piled into South African bonds and stocks and data showed the continent’s biggest economy may avoid a recession this year. The rand was also set for a fourth weekly advance against Britain’s pound, the longest stretch since the four weeks to April 10, and poised for the biggest gain against sterling since the…

Trade | Ivory Coast Will Ratify Interim Trade Deal With EU This Month

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Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Capital Markets in Africa: Ivory Coast plans to ratify an interim economic trade pact with the European Union by the end of the month even though a regional deal, approved in 2014, has yet to be signed by all the countries of the West African economic bloc, a minister said. An Ivorian parliamentary foreign affairs committee unanimously voted on Wednesday to allow President Alassane Ouattara to ratify the agreement, which will reduce trade barriers…

Currency conundrums in Zimbabwe

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – Zimbabwe abandoned the use of its own currency, the Zimbabwe dollar, in February 2009 and adopted a multi-currency regime. The demise of the Zimbabwe dollar was not mourned. By the time it was phased out it had lost all credibility as a medium of exchange, after years of hyperinflation running to many million percent. While the multi-currency regime legalised the use in Zimbabwe of a number of currencies, among…

South Africa’s Aveng Rises by Record as JSE Sentiment on Construction Improves

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South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Aveng Ltd., South Africa’s largest construction company by sales, jumped by the most on record in Johannesburg trading after forecasting better earnings and as sentiment toward the industry improves. Aveng surged as much as 23 percent and was 17 percent higher at 5.52 rand by 11:43 a.m., taking its advance this week to 38 percent. The company said Aug. 10 it expects a smaller full-year loss. The seven-member FTSE/JSE Africa…

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