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Orange completes acquisition of mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso

PARIS, France, Capital Markets in Africa: Orange announces today that, together with its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV (“Airtel”) in January 2016, Orange has obtained all the official approbations necessary to complete this transaction. Airtel is the 2nd largest mobile operator in Burkina Faso, with close to 4.6 million…

Slowing South Africa CPI Gives SARB More Room to Pause on Rates

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: South African inflation unexpectedly slowed for a third month in May as food-price growth decelerated, giving the Reserve Bank room to keep interest rates unchanged to support an economy at risk of falling into recession. The inflation rate dropped to 6.1 percent from 6.2 percent a month earlier, Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa said on its website on Wednesday. The median of 21 economist estimates compiled by Bloomberg was for an acceleration to 6.4…

Ghana GDP Growth Rate Climbs in First Quarter as Farming Expands

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ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa: Ghana’s economic growth quickened in the first quarter as farming output and telecommunication services expanded. Gross domestic product in the West African nation rose 4.9 percent from a year earlier compared with a revised 4.1 percent in the fourth quarter, Philomena Nyarko, government statistician at the Ghana Statistical Service, told reporters in the capital, Accra, on Wednesday. The economy grew 1.1 percent from the previous quarter, she said. Economic growth…

Nigerian Naira Gains as Central Bank Ensures Dollar Supplies

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Nigeria’s naira strengthened against the dollar, heading for its first gain since starting to trade without a peg three days ago, as the central bank sought to stabilize the market through the sale of dollars. The naira rose by 1.1 percent to 281.5 per dollar by 1:53 p.m. in Lagos, the commercial capital of Africa’s largest economy, after earlier dropping as much as 0.5 percent. The regulator has intervened in the market by…

Rwanda Sees Accommodative Stance as Prudent Ahead of MPC

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Kigali, Rwanda, Capital Markets in Africa: The Rwandan central bank’s “accommodative” monetary policy stance is prudent because inflation is expected to remain below the government’s target, Governor John Rwangombwa said ahead of a rate-setting committee meeting next week. Consumer-price growth in the tea-growing East African nation is expected to remain below the government’s target of 5 percent this year, Rwangombwa said in an interview June 20 in the Tanzanian commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. Rwanda’s MPC is…

Infrastructure | Ethiopia Plans $8 Billion Investment in Clean Energy

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Capital Markets in Africa: Ethiopia plans to install almost 13,000 megawatts of renewable energy over five years in a bid to bring power to three out of every four citizens who currently live without electricity, a top government official said. “Currently we have an installed capacity of about 4,200 megawatts,” said Motuma Mekassa, Ethiopia’s electricity minister, in an interview at the Africa Energy Forum in London. It will cost “at least” $8…

Private Equity | Harith, Africa Finance Merge $3.3 Billion Assets to Boost Growth

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Africa Finance Corp. and Harith General Partners Pty Limited. merged their African power assets in a bid to promote growth across the continent. The new entity’s portfolio will be valued at $3.3 billion and have 1.3 gigawatts of capacity in operation and under development, according to a joint e-mailed statement from the development institution and private equity company. The joint venture, which provides energy to 30 million people in 10…

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