Investment | - Part 10

Standard Bank Seeks to Raise $3 Billion for Ugandan Oil Pipeline

KAMPALA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Standard Bank Group Ltd.’s Ugandan unit plans to raise $3 billion for a crude pipeline by the second half of next year as the East African country prepares to start oil production by 2020. Stanbic Bank Uganda was appointed alongside Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. as joint financial adviser for the 1,445-kilometer (898-mile) pipeline, Patrick Mweheire, the chief executive officer of the Kampala, Uganda-based business, said in an interview on…

Egypt Got $40 Billion in Investments, Transfers Since Float

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt has received $40 billion in investments and transfers from abroad since floating its currency in November and securing the largest International Monetary Fund loan to a Middle East nation. The funds include receipts from exports, investors selling dollars to buy Egyptian assets, and the exchange of dollars for Egyptian pounds, either on the local market or through remittances, central bank sub-governor Rami Aboul Naga said on Thursday. The figure does not include financing Egypt…

Investors Too Busy Cheering Kenyatta to Fret About Vote Spat

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Euphoria over a President Uhuru Kenyatta win, even if the election results are preliminary, boosted the nation’s stocks by the most in Africa and sent Kenya’s dollar bonds higher. The FTSE NSE Kenya 25 Index of stocks advanced as much as 2.7 percent to the highest level in two years. The yield on the nation’s Eurobonds due 2024 fell the most since March and the shilling was little changed. With ballots from more than 97…

Egypt Moves to End State Monopoly of Natural Gas Market

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Egypt is opening the door to private participation in its natural gas sector, moving to end the state’s monopoly as it pushes ahead with reforms meant to encourage investment and revive the economy. The new law signed by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi sets up a natural gas regulatory authority charged with licensing and devising a plan to open the gas market to competition. It also allows for the eventual import of natural…

Cell C Is Said to Sell $464 Million of Bonds Amid Reorganization

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Cell C Pty Ltd. plans to raise as much as $464 million from the sale of two bonds as part of the South African mobile-phone company’s recapitalization that will enable Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. to buy a stake, according to two people familiar with the matter. The country’s third-largest wireless carrier will sell $184 million of three-year senior secured bonds and $280 million of five-year securities, according to the people, who asked…

Taste Is Said to Delay Luxury Unit Sale as Buyers Balk at Price

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Taste Holdings Limited has suspended the auction of its business selling jewelery and high-end watches after failing to find a buyer willing to pay an asking price of as much as 400 million rand ($31 million), according to two people familiar with the matter. The South African company said in April it planned to fully focus on expanding its food unit, which includes the local franchises for U.S. brands Starbucks Corp. and…

Egypt’s EFG HERMES to invest $21.5 mln in asset manager FIM

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – EFG Hermes UAE Limited, owned by Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes, is to invest $21.5 million in Frontier Investment Management Partners LTD (FIM) as part of plans to expand its asset management business, the bank said on Tuesday. FIM is one of the region’s leading asset managers with $1.6 billion of assets under management. Once the deal is completed EFG Hermes will have $4.5 billion of assets under management,…

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