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AfDB unveils a blueprint to get rid of Africa’s energy poverty by 2025

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) unveiled its landmark initiative to solve Africa’s huge energy deficit by 2025 at a High Level Stakeholder Consultative Meeting attended by business and political leaders at its headquarters in Abidjan on 17 September 2015. The “New Deal for Energy in Africa,” which charts the way for a transformative partnership on energy focuses on mobilizing support and funding for the initiative from…

AfDB approves US$ 121 million for electricity expansion to rural households in Uganda

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa — The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board approved on 16 September 2015 a US$ 121 million loan and grant to help Uganda’s government improve access to electricity for rural households, businesses and public institutions to ultimately improve the livelihoods, economic opportunities and access to social services in rural communities. The Bank Group allocated a US$ 100-million loan and an additional €10.205 million grant mobilized by the AfDB…

Randgold Resource stakes on Ghana’s Gold partnering with AngloGold

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ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa — Randgold Resources Limited (“Randgold”) and AngloGold Ashanti Limited (“AngloGold Ashanti”) have concluded an investment agreement (the “Agreement”) aimed at the formation of a joint venture to redevelop and operate AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi gold mine in Ghana. In terms of the Agreement, Randgold will lead and fund a development plan designed to rebuild Obuasi as a viable long-life mining business with an attractive cost structure and returns. Obuasi, located in…

Guinea plans to build a US$2 Billion Hydropower Dam

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Conakry, Guinea, Capital Market in Africa — Guinea is in talks with China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE) to build a US$2 billion hydropower dam that would boost the West African country’s energy output, according to Ministry for Energy official, Lansana Fofana. Lansana Fofana, said the proposed dam would double the country’s energy output, providing new capacity for the expansion of bauxite processing. “The idea is to feed the mining industry,” Fofana, the head of…

IFC and IFC ALAC Fund Invest in Afrimax Group to Support Expansion in Region

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — IFC and the IFC African, Latin American, and Caribbean Fund (IFC ALAC Fund) have participated in a new round of growth financing for Afrimax to accelerate the rollout of its leading edge, LTE led business model, across multiple African markets. This latest investment round in Afrimax Group is led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd., the Japanese conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, and includes participation from existing shareholders. IFC and the IFC ALAC…

IFC Launches $100 million Sukuk to Support Private Sector Development

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced today that it issued a $100 million trust certificates through a special purpose vehicle, IFC Sukuk Company, in an effort to spur growth in developing economies. The five-year Sukuk will support IFC’s developmental financing activities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and other parts of the world. It will initially be listed on NASDAQ Dubai. An…

IFC Supports Sustainable Mining in Burkina Faso with Investment in Roxgold

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Capital Markets in Africa — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has taken an 8% equity stake in Roxgold Inc., a Toronto-based gold exploration and development company, to support sustainable development of the Yaramoko gold mine in western Burkina Faso. The 18.4 million Canadian dollar investment is IFC’s third investment in Burkina Faso’s mining sector, which is one of the West African country’s leading economic drivers. It is part of IFC’s…

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