Interview | - Part 10

Potential Investment Potholes To Watch For In 2017

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Few could have predicted the confluence of factors that have shifted African markets in recent years. We’ve seen countries making earnest efforts to improve investment climates that have helped drive economic growth. We’ve seen large reductions in absolute poverty and growth in an African middle class with disposable income. We’ve seen the scale up of new technologies and the leapfrogging of legacy systems in areas such as banking, telecommunications,…

Nigeria’s Economic Recession Creates Opportunities in Real Estate

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Obinna Onunkwo, Managing Partner of Purple Capital Partners Limited, is a seasoned securities specialist with over 15 years of experience in investment management. He talks to Capital Markets in Africa about challenges and opportunities in Nigerian real estate markets. The perfect storm is brewed with the combination of an acute shortage of dollar inflows, the spectre of currency devaluation, increasing inflation and rising interest rates. How are developers and investors facing these challenges as well…

How the new lease accounting standard IFRS 16 affects financing transactions

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On 13 January 2016, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued its new international lease accounting standards IFRS 16 Leases which removes the distinction between finance leases and operating leases for lessees with effect from 1 January 2019. The new lease accounting rules will affect most companies that report under the full IFRS and will have a significant impact on those with large operating lease portfolios (such as some of those in the retail, transport…

INTERVIEW: SEAN KIDNEY, CEO OF THE CLIMATE BONDS INITIATIVE TELLS US WHY GOING GREEN IS GOOD

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative talks to Capital Markets in Africa about the role of Climate Bonds in financing Infrastructure and how Governments can support their Issuance. The Climate Bonds Initiative is an investor focused NGO working to mobilize debt capital markets for green investments. It works towards providing an ongoing platform for close interaction between governments, green infrastructure developers, development banks and the world’s largest investors. For Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds…

PRIVATE EQUITY AFRICA: GROWING AFRICA’S VENTURES THROUGH SUSTAINABLE INVESTING

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Anne Keppler, Vice President, Corporates & Funds Africa Equity & Mezzanine, DEG Regional Office Southern Africa. Anne Keppler’s team is responsible for structuring and managing DEG’s direct equity and fund investment portfolio as well as structuring mezzanine solutions for its private sector clients on the continent. She talks to Capital Markets in Africa about some DEG’s investment and activities on the continent. To start off, could you introduce the DEG to our…

Demutualisation: The Key to improving African Stock Market Performance

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Dr EDOH KOSSI AMENOUNVE, Chief Executive, Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) and the Central Depository/Settlement Bank (DC/BR). He also the Chairman of the West African Capital Markets Integration Council (WACMIC). Dr AMENOUNVE has led major financial market reforms in Africa and shares his views on demutualization and capital markets integration in West Africa as well as the growth prospects of the Francophone West African countries with Capital Markets in Africa. Many thanks for…

Rwanda is resilient against current fuzzy global economic outlook — Robert Mathu, Executive Director

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Robert C. Mathu, Executive Director of the Capital Market Authority (CMA), Rwanda gives an exclusive interview to Capital Markets in Africa and elaborates on aspects of Rwanda capital markets development and investment opportunities. Robert believes that Rwanda’s economy is resilient against the bleak performance that emerging markets are expected to deliver in 2016 and beyond. To get us started, please tell us a bit about yourself and your experience as the Executive Director, Rwanda Capital Markets Authority so far? Robert…

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