Investment | - Part 11

Potash Plan Spurs $98-Million Road Link in Horn of Africa

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Djibouti contracted a Kuwaiti company to build a $98-million road link to enable landlocked Ethiopia to ship its first potash output from a new Red Sea port, officials said. Kuwait City-based Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons Co. is constructing the 128-kilometer (79.5-mile) road connecting the harbor to the border, while Ethiopia plans to provide an 11-kilometer stretch on its side, according to Aboubaker Omar Hadi, the chairman of Djibouti’s ports authority….

Africa’s Richest Man Invests $4.6 Billion in Nigeria Farming

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Dangote Group, controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $3.8 billion in sugar and rice and $800 million in dairy production in the next three years as the company seeks to expand and deal with a shortage of dollars in its home market of Nigeria. The conglomerate plans to increase its production of sugar to 1.5 million metric tons a year by 2020 from 100,000 tons now and is…

Etisalat Nigeria CEO Focused on Stabilizing Business Before Sale

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Etisalat Nigeria is concentrating on steadying the business rather than finding a new operator as the struggling mobile-phone company strives to stay afloat after its Abu Dhabi-based former owners defaulted on a $1.2 billion loan. “The biggest thing we have to do is stabilize the business, try and ensure a good top-line, put some level of control on costs,” Chief Executive Officer Boye Olusanya said in an interview at the wireless…

World’s Biggest Mobile Carriers Defeated as Africa Promise Fades

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Back when African countries were auctioning off mobile licenses by the boatload to serve the region’s young, tech-savvy population, investing in the continent’s fast-growing economies seemed like a no-brainer. Some of the world’s biggest wireless carriers rushed in. Now they’re wondering if they made a mistake. Increasing government and regulatory scrutiny, as well as a lack of expansion opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa, are making it harder for operators such…

INTO AFRICA July 2017 Edition: Navigating African Legal Landscapes

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Welcome to the July edition of INTO AFRICA, the publication with fresh insight into Africa’s Emerging capital markets. This month we take a look at investment in Africa with a focus on laws and regulations for private and foreign investments across African countries (from Southern Africa to North Africa and East Africa to West Africa as well as Mid Africa regions) and titled: Navigating African Legal Landscapes. Economic recession in Africa,…

Kenya Reviews Mining Laws as Industry Struggles to Grow

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya is reviewing its mining code, a year after enacting new legislation, as it seeks to attract investment into an industry that’s barely grown over the past five years. The government is working with the U.K. Department for International Development-funded Extractives Hub to come up with a revised law that balances investor returns with government-revenue needs and international best practice, Mines Secretary Dan Kazungu said. The review is expected to be…

Nigeria Taps Microsoft to Oracle to Recover From Recession

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria is hiring U.S. technology giants such as Oracle Corporation and Microsoft Corp. as the government invests more to save costs and fight corruption. An initiative led by Redwood, California-based Oracle has enabled Nigerian authorities to remove 50,000 so-called ghost workers, or fake entries, from the payroll, according to a presidency statement June 29. That followed Oracle’s decision to open an office in Abuja, the capital, in May. Other companies interested in taking…

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