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Spire Rejects Bid From Holder Mediclinic for Rest of Shares

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Spire Healthcare Group Plc rejected a takeover proposal from its biggest shareholder Mediclinic International Plc, saying an offer that values the U.K. private hospital operator at 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) “significantly undervalues Spire and its prospects.” South Africa’s Mediclinic, which owns almost a third of Spire, approached the company with an offer that valued its shares at 298.6 pence apiece in cash and stock, Spire said in a statement on Monday. That…

Alexander Forbes Weighs Deals Involving 22 African Targets

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited, a South African provider of retirement, investment and insurance services, said it is sifting through 22 potential targets for deals on the continent as part of an expansion drive to accelerate profit growth. The deals range from small acquisitions and partnerships to “meaningful game changers,” mainly in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Morocco, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Darfoor said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Johannesburg offices…

Former Cargill Manager Buys Dutch Cocoa Factory With Partners

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – Pieter Schulting, a former manager at Cargill Incorporation, and two partners have bought Dutch cocoa processor Jan Schoemaker BV. A deal for the 94-year-old company, the last independent cocoa factory in the Netherlands, was signed in late September, according to Schulting. The partners, Daan Reitsma and Paul Silva da Cruz, are managers at Jan Schoemaker. He didn’t disclose the value of the deal. The new management is now operating the…

Africa’s Contemporary Art Finds a Home in Cape Town Museum

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Overlooking the harbour in Cape Town, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, known as Zeitz Mocaa, opened last month in a former corn silo complex that was renovated for 500 million rand ($37 million). It displays strictly 21st century works by a range of young and established artists from across the continent, including South Africa’s Simphiwe Ndzube and William Kentridge and Kenyan-born Wangechi Mutu, as well as African-American and Afro-Caribbean pieces….

Polish Malls a Big Attraction for South African Property Fund

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – The first South African property fund to bet on the Polish market says it’s just the beginning. Redefine Properties Ltd., a Johannesburg-listed real estate investment trust, wants its Echo Polska Properties NV unit to double its Polish shopping-center portfolio in the next three years, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Konig said in an interview in Warsaw. The fund will seek to expand via opportunistic purchases of established malls to avoid the risk of…

Development Agencies Investing $1.6 Billion in Nigeria Power

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – International development agencies are investing $1.6 billion in Nigeria’s plan to expand its power-grid capacity threefold in four years, the head of the country’s transmission company said. The World Bank, the French Development Agency, the European Union and the Islamic Development Bank are among agencies committing funds to projects in Nigeria to boost transmission capacity to 20,000 megawatts from the current 7,000 megawatts, Usman Mohammed, managing director of state-owned Transmission Company…

Kinross to Invest $820 Million to Tread Water on Production

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kinross Gold Corp. is spending more than $800 million to essentially tread water as — like many miners — it faces a future in which new gold assets are increasingly difficult to find and costly to develop. The Canadian miner said Monday it will move ahead with expansions at mines in Mauritania and Nevada as part of efforts to maintain its production and lower costs. Construction for the Phase Two…

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