Features | - Part 176

Liberia Vice President, Ex-Football Star Head to Runoff Vote

MONROVIA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Liberia’s soccer star turned politician George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai will face each other in a runoff vote for the presidency next month after neither candidate secured a majority needed for an outright win. Weah had 38.4 percent of the votes in the Oct. 10 election, while Boakai got 28.8 percent with all ballots counted, Jerome Korkoya, chairman of the National Elections Commission, told reporters on Thursday in the capital, Monrovia….

One of the Biggest ICOs Plummets as Manager Spat Heats Up

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Tezos, the startup which raised $232 million in a July initial coin offering, plunged on derivative exchanges after revealing a management spat and little progress in developing its product. Derivatives on Tezos tokens fell as much as 31 percent, according to exchange HitBTC. On BitMEX, December futures on the tokens plunged 58 percent as traders unwound bets the project would be launched before the end of the year. The…

Heineken Congo Cuts Jobs as It Blames High Taxes, Economic Slump

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KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Bralima SA, Heineken NV’s subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said it’s carrying out a reorganization to cut costs because of the country’s high taxes and continuing economic slump. The restructuring, which will include dismissals, was announced in a letter Bralima Director-General Marinus Maria Kruijt sent to employees on Oct. 11 that was seen by Bloomberg and verified by the company. The cost-cutting follows the closure of two of its…

In Ghana, Collecting Tax Starts With Distributing Addresses

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – In a country where most households and businesses either don’t know their address or claim not to have one, Ghana’s government is starting afresh to compile a database that will not only make it easier to locate people, but also boost the collection of taxes. Ghana is planning to identify and register every household and business, and give them an address, President Nana Akufo-Addo said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. While…

Kenya president snubs vote crisis meeting, presses ahead with campaign

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta snubbed a crisis meeting called by the top election official for Thursday, saying he would instead spend the day campaigning for next week’s presidential vote re-run. The first presidential vote in August, which Kenyatta won by 1.4 million votes, was annulled by the Supreme Court over procedural irregularities. The re-run is set for Oct. 26 but opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out, alleging a…

World Bank Pledges Support to Ivory Coast, Ghana Cocoa Venture

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The World Bank said it will support plans by Ivory Coast and Ghana to develop a coordinated strategy for their cocoa sectors as the two biggest producers seek to exert better control over global prices and derive more value from growing the beans. The pledge by the Washington-based lender comes as the President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast and his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo, signed an agreement Tuesday to adopt common policies…

Amazon Effect Meets Russian Consumers Slogging to Recovery

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Russian consumers, the missing piece of the economic recovery puzzle, may have been there all along — they were just browsing the web. As online shopping lifts off in Russia, it’s taking a growing bite out of brick-and-mortar businesses, helping account for the months-long mismatch between gains in incomes and retail sales near a standstill. That disconnect, one of the biggest mysteries of Russia’s rebound from its longest economic contraction this century, could at least…

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