Finance | - Part 150

Barclays Agrees to Sell Egyptian Unit to Attijariwafa Bank

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Barclays Plc agreed to sell its Egyptian business to Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank as the British firm shrinks its global operations and speeds up the sale of unwanted assets. The deal will probably be completed by the end of this year, the London-based lender said in a statement Tuesday. The disposal will boost the bank’s common equity Tier 1 ratio by 0.1 percentage point, reducing risk-weighted assets by about 2 billion pounds…

Net 1 Buys Blue Label Stake in $400 Million Deal for Cell C

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. will buy a 45 percent stake in Cell C (Pty) Ltd. for 5.5 billion rand ($400 million) to expand the network of South Africa’s third-largest mobile-phone operator and reduce the target company’s debt. As part of the deal, electronic-payment provider Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. agreed to subscribe for 118 million Blue Label shares for 2 billion rand, giving the company a 15 percent stake in Blue…

MTN Returns to Eurobond Market With Two Notes to Fund Growth

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – MTN Group Limited returned to the Eurobond market for the first time since 2014 as Africa’s biggest wireless carrier by sales seeks funds for investment. The mobile-phone company is offering a five-year note at a yield ranging from 5.375 percent to 5.5 percent, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. MTN is also marketing a 10-year bond at…

BP to Buy LNG From Eni’s Mozambique Field in 20-Year Accord

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MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) – BP Plc has agreed to buy the entire liquefied natural gas production from a field off Mozambique over a period of 20 years. The London-based company will purchase cargoes from the Coral South Floating LNG plant being developed by partners including Italy’s Eni SpA, which is due to get final approval by the end of this year, BP said in a statement on Tuesday. The project is expected to have a…

South Africa Picks Ports for $3.7 Billion LNG Infrastructure

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa will invest $3.7 billion at the ports of Richards Bay and Coega to build infrastructure for a gas-to-power program aimed at easing the country’s dependence on coal. A plant at Richards Bay will generate 2,000 megawatts of electricity from liquefied natural gas imports, and another at the Coega industrial development zone will produce 1,000 megawatts, the Department of Energy said Monday. The government will seek bidders to manage the…

TV Star Joins Vitol in Stake in Biggest African Coal Port

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – A South African coal entrepreneur who produced and starred in a reality TV show set in Cape Town has partnered with one of the world’s biggest commodity traders to buy a stake in the continent’s largest terminal for the fuel. Through Burgh Group Holdings, 38-year-old Quinton van der Burgh joined with Vitol SA to buy a 7.6 percent stake in Richards Bay Coal Terminal on South Africa’s northeastern coast. They have the…

Diamond Magnate at the Heart of Och-Ziff’s Africa Ambitions

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KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Dan Gertler, an Israeli diamond tycoon, gave Och-Ziff access to some of the richest mineral deposits in Africa. Using his close ties to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gertler developed a virtual monopoly in the country’s diamond exports for a time. He then expanded into other types of mining, becoming a billionaire. Capitalizing on his resourcefulness, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC created a joint venture in 2008 that invested in…

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