Cell C Plans Johannesburg Share Sale by 2020 to Fund Deals

Cell C Plans Johannesburg Share Sale by 2020 to Fund Deals

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Cell C Pty Ltd. is planning a share sale in its home city of Johannesburg by the first quarter of 2020 as South Africa’s third-largest wireless company seeks funds for acquisitions. The exact timing of an initial public offering will depend on market conditions, Chief Executive Officer Jose Dos Santos said in an interview Tuesday. In the meantime, the carrier is looking at potential fibre-to-home deals to boost its internet and…

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MTN Is Said to Mull Sale of Shares in $1 Billion-Rated Jumia

MTN Is Said to Mull Sale of Shares in $1 Billion-Rated Jumia

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – MTN Group Ltd. is exploring a sale of shares in African online retailer Jumia and values the company at as much as $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Africa’s largest wireless carrier is considering an initial public offering of the Amazon.com Inc.-style business on the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange, said the people, who asked not to be named as the information isn’t public. Johannesburg-based MTN is…

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Delek, Noble and Egypt Said to Put Final Touches on Gas Deal

Delek, Noble and Egypt Said to Put Final Touches on Gas Deal

CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – The companies developing Israel’s largest natural gas fields and their Egyptian partner have finalized details of a deal that would give them control over a pipeline to Egypt, according to people familiar with the matter, a crucial step that would pave the way for a $15 billion export contract. The deal involves setting up joint venture companies in Cyprus and the Netherlands, through which Israel’s Delek Drilling LP, U.S.-based Noble Energy Inc. and…

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Helios Investing in Congo Towers After Scrapping IPO Plans

Helios Investing in Congo Towers After Scrapping IPO Plans

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Helios Towers Plc is investing tens of millions of dollars in the Democratic Republic of Congo and looking for acquisitions as the African phone-tower operator seeks to move on from a scrapped initial public offering earlier this year. The company plans to build 1,800 kilometres (1,118 miles) of tower network in the Congo to connect an additional 6 million people in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country, Chief Executive Officer Kash Pandya said by…

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A $40 Billion Plan to Cash Out Of Bitcoin: Lionel Laurent

A $40 Billion Plan to Cash Out Of Bitcoin: Lionel Laurent

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – A rumoured IPO of the world’s biggest crypto-miner might end up as a play on advanced AI chips.  The 1980s cyberpunk novels that predicted today’s internet failed to conceive of anything as outlandish or contradictory as Bitcoin: A digital currency that’s spent nowhere, a commodity that’s used for nothing, and a libertarian dream that’s effectively run by elites. Now, after its 66-percent price drop from December highs, comes yet another fantastical…

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Investment Case for Listed Property in South Africa

Investment Case for Listed Property in South Africa

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Listed property has been South Africa’s top performing asset class in the last 16 years. During this time it has returned over 18% per year (in Rand terms) as measured by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) SA Listed Property total return index. It slightly outperformed the South African industrial sector which returned 17.85% per year during the same period. The returns from the industrial sector were however thanks to…

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Kosmos Energy Enters Gulf of Mexico with $1.225 Billion Acquisition of Deep Gulf Energy

Kosmos Energy Enters Gulf of Mexico with $1.225 Billion Acquisition of Deep Gulf Energy

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kosmos Energy (NYSE/LSE: KOS) announced today that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire Deep Gulf Energy (“DGE”)1, a leading deepwater company operating in the Gulf of Mexico, from First Reserve and other shareholders for a total consideration of $1.225 billion, subject to certain adjustments. By acquiring DGE, Kosmos adds to its deepwater Atlantic Margin portfolio an established business with attractive assets and a strong record of growing…

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