The Editorial Team

Vodafone, MTN Groups Bid for Telecom Licenses in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA (Capital Markets in Africa) — MTN Group Ltd. and a consortium led by Vodafone Group Plchave bid for telecommunications licenses in Ethiopia, as wireless service providers look to tap the last remaining large market in the world. Ethiopia will take a few days to review the technical offer and then open the financial bids, said Brook Taye, an adviser in the Finance Ministry. Earlier on Monday, Kenya’s largest telecommunications provider Safaricom Plcsaid it was…

Ghana Drugmakers Approach AstraZeneca on Vaccine Production

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) — Ghana’s pharmaceutical industry has approached AstraZeneca Plc about acquiring the rights to manufacture the U.K. company’s vaccine locally, a move that could boost supplies and speed up the inoculation program in the country. The West African nation has to date received 966,850 doses of the inoculations from sources including the Covax initiative, which aims to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 shots, and has been allocated about 1.4 million more….

Egypt Says Hopes to End $900 Million Tussle Over Suez Ship Soon

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) — Egypt said it hopes to soon end a dispute over compensation regarding the huge container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month. The Suez Canal Authority, which claimed $916 million in damages from the Ever Given’s owners, is “eager” to reach a settlement amenable to all parties, Chairman Osama Rabie said in a statement. The 400-meter-long vessel, owned by Japan’s Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd., blocked the vital waterway for six…

Total Suspends Mozambique LNG Temporarily on Security Threat

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MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) — French energy giant Total SE suspended its $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique indefinitely due to an escalation of violence in the area, including a March attack by Islamic State-linked militants. The decision is a blow to Total, which bought an operating stake in the project for $3.9 billion in 2019, hoping to start exporting the super-chilled fuel by the end of 2024. The first phase of…

Nestle Urges Covid Shot Delivery to Poorer Nations Amid Upswell

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) — Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, warned the gap in access to Covid-19 vaccines threatens the global recovery from the pandemic as India and Brazil face a virus resurgence. The Swiss firm pledged more than 6 million francs ($6.6 million) to accelerate the delivery of shots to under-served communities around the world and partnered with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The World Health…

Greensill Lobbied BOE for $28 Billion Support as Covid Hit

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) — Former Prime Minister David Cameron helped Lex Greensill lobby the Bank of England to make as much as 20 billion pounds ($28 billion) of funding available to companies as part of the financier’s campaign to get access to the government’s coronavirus assistance programs. As Cameron made “persistent” calls to Treasury officials as the firm sought to get access to financing from the Bank of England, he also contacted officials…

U.K.’s $904 Billion Climate Push to Bring Bigger Economic Boost

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) — The U.K. estimated that delivering on its ambitious targets to slash greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century will cost 651 billion pounds ($904 billion), but the benefits of protecting the environment will be far greater. The government’s official impact assessment of a target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 indicates that action will generate a boost to the economy of about 918 billion pounds. That’s…

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