Finance | - Part 162

Finance | Investec Plans to Raise 145 Million Pounds to Boost Capital

Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Investec Plc plans to raise as much as 145 million pounds ($209 million) by selling equity to buy back preference shares it and other South African banks issued about a decade ago, mainly to fund transactions aimed at boosting black ownership of the economy. The offer involves placing up to 30.87 million ordinary shares in the company in an accelerated book build being arranged by JPMorgan Chase & Co.,…

Financing | Airports of Mozambique Plans to Reorganize $500 Million Debt

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MAPUTO, Mozambique, Capital Markets in Africa: Airports of Mozambique plans to restructure loans of $500 million after a slide by the nation’s currency against the dollar undermined the state-owned company’s ability to repay loans, its chairman said. The southern African nation has said it is in the process of restructuring another $535 million loan extended to state-owned Mozambique Asset Management after the company failed to meet a $178 million interest payment last month. The government admitted in…

Investment | Green Power Investing Brightens Returns in Ailing South Africa

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: A program that’s making South Africa the top destination for green-power investments across the continent and the Middle East is not only easing an electricity crisis: returns are beating those in bonds and stocks. The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program secured about $12.5 billion since 2011 and will attract another $35 billion by 2020, according to data compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. With state-guaranteed contracts to buy the power over…

Infrastructure | Engie Arranges $588 Million in Loans for South Africa Solar

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Engie SA arranged 9.2 billion rand ($589 million) in loans for a 100-megawatt solar thermal power project in South Africa. Rand Merchant Bank, Nedbank Ltd., ABSA Capital Ltd. and Investec Plc are among the project’s debt providers, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, the law firm that advised Engie on the deal, said in an e-mailed statement Wednesday. The Kathu solar project in the Northern Cape Province is 48.5 percent owned by…

Trade Finance | Afreximbank Vows $1 Billion for Ivory Coast Cocoa Projects

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Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Capital Markets in Africa: African Export-Import Bank said it will provide as much as $1 billion in finance for cocoa and cashew projects in Ivory Coast as the country seeks to increase its domestic processing capacity. The bank is offering loans to private investors and projects owned by the state, which will also guarantee the finance, Benedict Oramah, chief executive officer of the Cairo-based lender known as Afreximbank, told reporters in the commercial capital,…

Investment | Nigeria Talking With Ansteel of China Over $4.5 Billion Project

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Nigeria is in talks with companies including Ansteel Group Corporation of China to revive its $4.5 billion Ajaokuta steel complex, according to solid minerals development minister Kayode Fayemi. While construction of Ajaokuta started over three decades ago along the Niger River in central Nigeria with a planned production of 5 million metric tons annually, it was never completed. President Muhammadu Buhari wants to revive the factory project to diversify Africa’s largest economy which relies on oil,…

Investment | Ascendis to Buy Remedica, Scitec for as Much as $566 Million

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Ascendis Health Limited entered agreements to buy separate pharmaceutical and sports-nutrition companies for a total of as much as 505 million euros ($566 million), and will pay for the purchases through debt facilities and a potential share sale. The company will pay 260 million euros to 335 million euros for Cyprus-based pharmaceutical company Remedica Holdings Limited and about 170 million euros for Scitec International Sarl, Johannesburg-based Ascendis said in…

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