Finance | - Part 165

Infrastructure | IMF’s Lipton Warns Africa Against Infrastructure Debt Traps

LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: African nations need to find the right balance when pursuing infrastructure projects to avoid falling into deeper debt traps, according to David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. “Infrastructure projects can be very successful in supporting growth if countries pick the right projects and carry them out in an efficient fashion,” Lipton said in a interview in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on Tuesday. “Mistakes or inefficiencies…

Finance | Swaziland secures US$63 million AfDB loan to finance smallholder irrigation project

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Mbabane, Swaziland, Capital Markets in Africa: Swaziland has secured a US $63 million (ZAR 2.01 billion) loan to finance the second phase of the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP II) in the south eastern part of the country. The LUSIP II, approved by the African Development Bank Board on Wednesday, May 5, 2016, is a follow-up project to the LUSIP-I which was completed in 2010. The project was a response to the Government’s recognition…

Infrastructure | South Africa Secures $16.5 Million for National Internet Rollout

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — South Africa has set aside 250 million rand ($16.5 million) to start the first phase of broadband roll-out across Africa’s most industrialized economy and will approach the private sector, banks and development institutions about additional funding, the telecommunications minister said. Construction will start in three months following various delays, Siyabonga Cwele said in a phone interview on Monday. The total cost of the project could rise to as much as…

Infrastructure | Zimbabwe Sees $5 Billion Hydro Project Producing Power by 2023

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Harare, Zimbabwe, Capital Markets in Africa — The $5 billion Batoka Gorge hydropower project Zambia and Zimbabwe plan to build on their shared border could start producing by 2023 and will generate electricity at a cheaper cost than solar or coal, Zimbabwean Energy Minister Samuel Undenge said. The two southern African nations will complete a feasibility study into the project by July, with construction due to start next year, he said in an interview in…

Private Equity | The Abraaj Group exits Unimed via an IPO on the Tunis Stock

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Tunis, Tunisia, Capital Markets in Africa: The Abraaj Group (‘Abraaj’ or the ‘Group’), a leading investor operating in global growth markets, today announced that it has successfully exited its investment in leading Tunisian pharmaceutical company Unité de fabrication de médicaments (‘Unimed’ or the ‘Company’), through an initial public offering (‘IPO’) on the Tunis Stock Exchange. The Abraaj Group invested in Unimed through one of its Funds in 2011. Unimed represents the first IPO this year on…

Private Equity | Abraaj Said to Seek Up to $300 Million Value in Egypt Health IPO

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Buyout firm Abraaj Group is seeking a valuation of as much as $300 million for a group of hospitals it plans to list on the Egyptian stock exchange, according to two people familiar with the matter. An initial public offering for Cleopatra Hospital Co., which includes four private hospitals in the North African country, may take place as soon as this month, the people said, asking not to be identified…

Private Equity | Private Equity Firms Bid Up Africa M&A Prices on Record Funds

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The prices private equity firms pay for stakes in African companies are the highest in six years, driven by record fundraising and competition for the continent’s expanding middle class. The median price for buyouts in 2015 increased to more than seven times the ratio of a company’s value to its earnings before interest, depreciation, tax and amortization, compared with 5.4 times in 2012, Cape Town-based RisCura Solutions (Pty) Ltd. said…

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