Market Watch | - Part 25

Rand Trims World’s Biggest Currency Gain as Risk Aversion Grows

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – The rand fell as much as 1.2 percent to head for its biggest weekly retreat this month as increased risk aversion among global investors and a possible reweighting of South Africa in a JPMorgan bond index sparked concern foreigners may sell the country’s debt. At 10:21 a.m. in Johannesburg, the rand dropped 0.4 percent to 13.9520 per dollar, trimming its quarterly and monthly gain to 5.2 percent. The government’s 10-year rand-denominated bond weakened…

KCB in Talks With Facebook, Apple on Kenya Digital Payments

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – KCB Group Ltd., Kenya’s biggest bank by assets, is in talks with companies including Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. about collaborating on digital payments through its new financial-technology unit, Chief Executive Officer Joshua Oigara said. The discussions, which are also being held with Alphabet Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., form part of the lender’s efforts to double the number of customers on its mobile-phone platform to 20…

Sun of Mauritius Expects to Return to Profitability in 2017

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PORT LOUIS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Sun Ltd, Mauritius’ third-biggest hotel group by market value, expects to swing back into the black in 2017 after posting a 567 million-rupee ($16 million) loss in the year through June, Chief Executive David Anderson said. The loss followed higher finance costs related to acquisitions and renovation work, Anderson told analysts near the capital, Port Louis, on Thursday. Sun’s net debt increased by 2.35 billion rupees to 9.8 billion…

Strong Demand Seen for Ivory Coast’s Sucrivoire Ahead of Listing

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – Shares in Sucrivoire SA of Ivory Coast will go on sale Oct. 5 as the lead arranger of an initial public offering forecasts strong demand for a stake in the sugar producer that the government is disposing of. Sucrivoire is preparing to list on the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan, as part of a privatization program by the West African nation to boost public finances…

Gas shortages turn Nigeria’s Dangote to coal to power cement

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has turned to locally-mined coal to power its plants in a bid to end disruptions caused by gas shortages and lower its production costs. “All our cement plants have been converted to coal,” Aliko Dangote, the company’s billionaire majority owner and chairman, told a business conference on Thursday, adding they would use 12,000 metric tonnes of coal each day. Dangote’s move is unusual in an era…

Nigeria Mulling Oil Assets Sale That Could Reshape Industry

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LAGOS, Capital Markets in Africa: Nigeria’s possible sale of some of its oil and gas assets to raise money and boost the contracting economy in Africa’s most populous country could reduce the government’s influence over its biggest industry. President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic advisers are working on a plan “to generate immediate large injection of funds into the economy through asset sales, advance payment for license rounds, infrastructure concessioning,” to help deal with the slump in oil…

Ivory Coast Said to Start Sucrivoire Share Sale Next Week

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ABIDJAN, Capital Markets in Africa: Ivory Coast will start selling its stake in Sucrivoire SA next week, ahead of the sugar producer’s listing on the regional exchange in Abidjan, the commercial capital, according to a person familiar with the matter. The government will sell its 23 percent stake in Sucrivoire at 13,000 CFA francs per share, raising about 14.7 billion francs ($25.1 million), said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter is…

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