Ghana | - Part 10

IMF may consider extending Ghana aid deal, says its Ghana country head

ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may consider extending its three-year aid deal with Ghana if the new government requests an extension, the Washington-based lender said on Wednesday. The West African country is more than halfway through a $918 million programme signed in April 2015 to restore fiscal balance to an economy dogged by deficits, high public debt and inflation. The government of Nana Akufo-Addo, which took office in January…

Maiden investment into CAL Bank in Ghana by Arise set to advance economic growth

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CAPE TOWN (Capital Markets in Africa) — The recent acquisition of a 27.7 % stake in CAL Bank in Ghana by the newly formed investment company, Arise (www.AriseInvest.com) is set to boost the banking sector in the country. The shareholding in CAL Bank was acquired by Arise from DPI, a leading Africa-focused private equity firm with assets in excess of US$1 billion under management. The settlement is to be effected on 14 February 2017. Arise,…

A Prognosis of Ghana’s Macroeconomic Prospects in 2017

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana’s much-anticipated return to macroeconomic stability started to materialize in 2016, on the back of the ongoing fiscal adjustment program with the IMF and its associated front-loaded fiscal measures implemented since April 2015. The most notable indication of emerging macroeconomic stability in 2016 was observed in the foreign exchange market where the Ghana Cedi recorded a relatively more stable outturn against the major international trading currencies. The Cedi’s improved…

African mining hopes are distant from uncertain reality: Russell

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CAPE TOWN (Capital Markets in Africa) – It should be a match made in heaven. Developing Africa’s vast mineral resources to meet the needs of the resource-hungry economies of China and the rest of Asia. But if there is one message to take away from this week’s Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, it’s that there remains a large gap between hopes and reality, and that in much of sub-Saharan Africa mining investment remains challenging,…

Gold Fields has $1 billion available for M&A – CEO

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CAPE TOWN (Capital Markets in Africa) – South African bullion producer Gold Fields has a $1 billion loan facility to draw on if it wants to pursue mergers or acquisitions, but no deals are on the immediate horizon, its chief executive said on Wednesday. “We have a $1 billion committed, unutilised facility,” Nick Holland told Reuters on the sidelines of an African mining conference in Cape Town. But he said the company did not feel…

How African Equities and Currencies feared in 2016

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) -African equity markets settled in the South Pole 2016 was a difficult year for African markets, each in varying degrees. Most of the African equity index ended in negative zone at the end of 2016, with six positive growths and twelve negative returns on a local currency basis. The performance was more disheartening on a US-dollar adjusted basis, with just four equity markets produced a positive return and average return across markets…

African Sovereign Eurobonds: Recap and Prospects in 2017

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Eurobond issuance by African sovereigns was recorded at US$9.726 billion by four countries (South Africa, Ghana, Egypt, and Mozambique) in 2016 compare to US$6.750 billion issued by eight countries (Egypt, Ghana, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Namibia, Zambia, Cameroon, and Angola) in 2015. In April, the Republic of South Africa successfully priced and issued a US$1.25 billion 10-year Eurobond. The US dollar bond was priced at a coupon (interest rate) of 4.875 percent,…

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