The Markets | - Part 233

Ghana | More Delays in Store for Ghana’s Biggest IPO as Fund Seeks Stake

ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa: Ghana’s state pension fund said it may seek a stake in Agricultural Development Bank of Ghana Ltd. more than a month after the nation’s biggest-ever initial public offering closed, a move that may further delay completion of the deal. Social Security and National Insurance Trust, the nation’s biggest investor, which oversees about $1.7 billion, is reviewing the IPO prospectus and will decide in about two weeks whether to apply for…

Zimbabwe Scraps Plan to Swap Dollar Earnings to Rand, Euros

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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Capital Markets in Africa: Zimbabwe’s central bank abandoned a plan to convert half of its export earnings into South African rand and euros as it explores ways to ease a shortage of dollars. In a statement on Tuesday, the institution said it will now require 50 percent of export earnings to be transferred to a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe account. The central bank will then immediately credit the same amount, plus a 5 percent “export…

Ivory Coast | BRVM Values Combined Cote d’Ivoire Telecom-Orange at $6 Billion

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa: A combination of Ivory Coast’s landline operator Côte d’Ivoire Telecom and Orange SA’s local unit may be valued at $4 billion to $6 billion on the regional stock exchange, a deal that could increase the capitalization of Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres by as much as 40 percent. Ivory Coast and Paris-based Orange have agreed to merge Côte d’Ivoire Telecom with Orange Côte d’Ivoire, the biggest mobile operator in the West African country by…

Nigeria | China’s Africa Push Reaches Currencies in Deal Investors Decry

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Strategists are criticizing Nigeria’s latest plan to rescue its currency — this time by relying on Chinese cash. On a visit to Beijing last month, President Muhammadu Buhari signed a currency agreement aimed at encouraging trade with China and reducing Nigeria’s demand for dollars to relieve pressure on its dwindling foreign reserves. While the deal, details of which are still being negotiated, helps China’s push into Africa’s largest economy, it will…

South Africa Rand Falls Most Among Emerging Markets After Jobless Rate Climbs

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — The rand fell to its weakest in a month after data showing theSouth African jobless rate at the highest in at least eight years added to concerns that economic growth may be slow to revive. The rand dropped as much as 2.1 percent against the dollar and traded at 15.1716 by 4:38 p.m. in Johannesburg, the weakest since April 7 on a closing basis and the biggest loser among 24…

Morocco’s Macroeconomic Prospects unfavourable but positive momentum

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa: Prospects for the Morocco economy in 2016 are mixed with very weak economic growth on the one hand and, on the other, an on-going contraction in the twin deficits, which will help restore the long-term health of the country’s public finances and balance of payments. As far as the growth outlook is concerned, expectations of weak GDP growth in 2016 should once again highlight the economy’s sensitivity to the…

`Zombie’ Money Printed by Zimbabwe Draws Scorn From Critics

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Harare, Zimbabwe, Capital Markets in Africa — A new currency printed by Zimbabwe’s central bank to ease a cash shortage has drawn scorn from critics attacking it as signaling a return to the hated local dollar, abandoned seven years ago as inflation spiraled to 500 billion percent. The central bank will distribute units with face values ranging from two to 20 dollars, pegged to the U.S. currency, Governor John Mangudya said Wednesday, describing them as “bond notes”…

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