The Markets | - Part 159

Cryptocurrency Push Sends Startup to Biggest Gain Since 2015 IPO

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) Canadian online lender Mogo Finance Technology Inc. rose the most in eight months after moving a step closer to giving customers the ability to hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in digital wallets. Mogo shares rose as much as 35 percent, the most since the company’s initial public offering in June 2015, and closed at C$5.15, up 31 percent. The move gives the company a market value of C$94.4 million ($73.6 million). The Vancouver-based firm said…

Bitcoin Passes More Milestones as Market Cap Tops $100 Billion

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The most widely used digital currency will now cost you about $6,125 apiece after blowing past the $5,000 and $6,000 price levels for the first time earlier this month. Bitcoin’s total value is just over $100 billion, meaning it makes up more than half of the overall cryptocurrency market. Cryptocurrency prices have been unfazed by recent regulatory crackdowns across the world and scepticism from Wall Street stalwarts including Warren Buffett and…

RenCap Hires Banker From CI Capital as It Opens Doors in Egypt

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Renaissance Capital, the investment bank controlled by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, is hiring investment bankers and analysts in Egypt as more vibrant capital markets attract financial services firms to the country. Mohamed Younis will be chief executive officer of the investment bank in Egypt, said Ahmed Badr, RenCap’s CEO for the Middle East and North Africa. Younis, previously at CI Capital Holding, an arm of Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE, will…

Bond Winners of Yesteryear Not Looking So Fantastic in 2017

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa ) – Developing-nation debt traders who stuck with 2016’s top securities took a hit this year. That’s because last year’s best emerging-market dollar bond bets are posting the starkest reversals. Venezuela, Ecuador and Gabon, which led the pack in 2016, had some of the worst changes, according to data compiled by Bloomberg on debt from 69 developing nations. Meanwhile, last year’s laggards, Mozambique and Suriname, have had the best improvements. “As the…

Spinoffs Drive South Africa Listings as Valuations Spur Sellers

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s main stock exchange may witness the most new listings for at least two years in 2017, helped by a spate of spinoffs as owners look to tap a market trading near record highs. Of the 18 debuts this year, six are carved out of other companies, most of which are publicly traded. A further four new arrivals are backed by collections of investment holdings, rather than providing…

Seplat Sees Oil Drilling Ramp Up as Nigerian Security Stabilizes

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Seplat Petroleum Development Co. expects to ramp up drilling operations in Nigeria next year after oil output recovered from militant attacks, according to Chief Executive Officer Austin Avuru. Production returned to a normal rate of around 70,000 barrels per day in 2017 as the company has been “catching our breath,” Avuru said Monday in an interview on the side-lines of the Africa Oil Week conference in Cape Town. “We should now…

Africa Drilling Lacking Despite Cheap Rigs, Higher Oil Price

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – A recovery in oil and gas exploration in Africa is yet to happen, despite the best efforts of producing nations to raise prices. Only a dozen rigs were operational in African waters on average over the last year as saving cash remained a priority even for prolific explorers such as Italy’s Eni SpA. The rate of drilling this year is barely a 10th of the activity before the price…

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