Finance | - Part 131

South Africa’s finmin Gigaba to take “tough, unpopular choices” to grow economy

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s new Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Monday he would pursue “tough and unpopular choices” to oversee economic growth and a redistribution of wealth to the country’s black majority and help grow a flagging economy. Africa’s most industrialised economy faces the risk of being downgraded to junk status owing to weak growth and the political upheavals after it got a reprieve last year. The economy grew by 0.3…

Ghana $2.2 bln debt sale boosts Central Bank reserves by one-third

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana has raised $2.2 billion from a sale of long-dated domestic bonds on Friday, boosting its central bank reserves by one-third, transaction leads and central bank sources said on Monday. Offshore buyers constituted 90 percent of accepted bids, according to Barclays Bank Ghana sources. The cedi fell to a record low of 4.7420 to the dollar last month but rallied to 4.2750 by noon (1200 GMT) on Monday, down…

AfDB Approves a USD 450 million Trade Finance Package for Afreximbank

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 29, 2017 a USD 450 million Trade Finance Package for the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank). The facility consists of a 3-year USD 150 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (guarantees) and a 4-year USD 300 million Trade Finance Line of Credit. This composite facility will help to expand Afreximbank’s risk bearing capacity for the confirmation of…

World Bank-Funded $340m Rusumo Power Plant Construction to Begin

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Facility at Rusumo Falls will take 3 years to complete, provide 80 MW for Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania, according to World Bank statement. Plant will be managed by Rusumo Power Company, a utility jointly owned by the three nations African Development Bank is financing a further $121m for transmission lines that will connect power plant to national grids JV between Chinese companies CGCOC Group and Jiangxi Water & Hydropower…

Zambia, Zimbabwe to Sell $440 Million Stake in Hydro Project

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LUSAKA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Zambia and Zimbabwe plan on selling $440 million in equity stakes in the hydropower plants that form the centerpiece of the proposed $4 billion dam that will straddle their border. This is according to a document published by Ernst & Young Advisory Services Pty Ltd., the countries’ adviser. The Batoka Gorge hydropower project on the Zambezi river between the Kariba dam and Victoria Falls, will produce 2,400 megawatts of power once complete…

IFC Plans More Nigeria Investment, $1 Billion in Bond Sale

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa)- The World Bank’s private-lending arm plans to boost investments in Nigeria by about 20 percent as Africa’s second-biggest oil producer tries to recover from a recession. The International Finance Corp. is looking to invest about $1.2 billion in Nigeria for the year through June 2018 using equity or debt the IFC raises itself or that it mobilizes from other sources, Country Manager Eme Lore said in a March 22 interview in Lagos,…

USTDA Connects U.S. Industry To Power Ghana Solar Energy

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant today to the Ghanaian company, Buipe Solar Limited, in support of a feasibility study for a 20 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in northern Ghana. Ghana has tremendous solar energy potential, and this project will help the country capitalize on that potential. The solar plant will produce affordable energy while diversifying the country’s energy supply, making it more resilient. Buipe Solar…

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