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Ghana Market | For a Lesson in Precisely How Not to Do an IPO, Look at Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa: It was supposed to be sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest share sale by a state company in almost 10 years. Instead, it’s a lesson in how not to conduct a privatization. More than two months after Ghana’s Agricultural Development Bank Limited received bids totaling $113 million in an initial public offering, and a decade after ending state ownership was first discussed, the company is reopening the sale, essentially invalidating the first auction….

Ghana’s Regulator Orders Investor Refund in Biggest IPO

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ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa: Ghana’s securities regulator instructed the nation’s biggest agricultural lender to refund investors after it rejected bids in an initial public offering that closed in March. The Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. refused 435.1 million cedis ($112 million) of the 437.9 million cedis in bids it received, the West Africa nation’s Securities and Exchange Commission said in a statement sent Tuesday by text message. The lender informed the regulator of its intention to reopen…

Ghana IPOs at Risk as March Sale Leaves Buyers Empty-Handed

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ACCRA, Ghana, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — A delay in completing the sale of Ghana’s Agricultural Development Bank Ltd., the nation’s biggest initial public offering yet, may dent confidence in future share sales, according to FirstBanc Financial Services Ltd. Investors who bought into the 450 million cedis ($118 million) sale in March, which was oversubscribed, are still waiting for their shares after the owners — the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance — missed…

Ghana’s Largest IPO at Risk as Government Drags Its Feet

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ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa — The largest initial public offering in Ghana’s history is at risk of falling apart after Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. missed a deadline to submit results of the sale to the nation’s regulator. The lender is waiting for its owners — the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance — to sign off on the outcome of the IPO, Solomon Atefoe, a spokesman for the Accra-based bank, said Friday in a…

African Stock Market March 2016: Bull rules, Egyptian equities rewards local investors with 22.4% gains

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Federal Reserve’s dovish stance on U.S. interest rates and a rebound in commodity prices fuelled an African-market rally in March, leading currencies to record monthly gains against the dollar. African equity market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in positive for the month, with eleven gainers and seven losers on the local currency basis. March’s average return of 2.3 percent was recorded across eighteen African…

African Stock Market February 2016: BRVM Bourse & Kenya Stocks reward local and foreign investors

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa —Stronger commodity prices helped most African stock markets to rebound in February. The rally has been sparked by a rebound in commodity prices with gold up 21 percent from its December low. Commodities are rallying amid more optimism over economic growth in China, while negative interest rates in countries like Japan and Switzerland are increasing the appeal of gold as a safe haven. Consequently, African equity market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns…

Ghana Equity Markets | 26 Oct 2015: Ghana equity starts in red, GSE All Share index marginally down, market cap drops US$2 Mill …

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Accra, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa — The Ghana Stock Exchange equity trading opened the week in negative territory as indices and market capitalization down. The market capitalization declined by GHS 5.8 million (about US$1.5 million) to close at GHS 62,057 million relatively to a market capitalization of GHS 62,063 recorded at the previous trading session. The benchmark composite index marginally lost 1.60 points or 0.05 percent to close the day at 1,986.31 points, representing a year-to-date performance 0f…

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