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Investment Case for Listed Property in South Africa

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Listed property has been South Africa’s top performing asset class in the last 16 years. During this time it has returned over 18% per year (in Rand terms) as measured by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) SA Listed Property total return index. It slightly outperformed the South African industrial sector which returned 17.85% per year during the same period. The returns from the industrial sector were however thanks to…

INTO AFRICA June 2018 Edition – Renewed Optimism: African Real Estate

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) –Welcome to the June 2018 edition of INTO AFRICA, a publication with fresh insight into Africa’s emerging capital markets. This month’s edition, titled: Renewed Optimism: African Real Estate, examines the opportunities as well the challenges in the African real estate markets. Africa’s continuing economic and social development is encouraging investors to expand their portfolios in the continent and the yearning for long-term investment has drawn increased numbers of international investors…

Home Afrika of Kenya Seeking Up to $49 Million in Investment

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Home Afrika Limited, a Kenyan property developer, will return to debt markets to raise as much as 5 billion shillings ($48.6 million) and complete projects in the capital and on the East African nation’s coast. The company, based in Nairobi, has picked Genghis Capital Ltd. to offer between 2 billion and 5 billion shillings to international investors in the first phase of the funds drive that’s set to begin by April,…

CULTIVATING THE GREEN OPPORTUNITY IN KENYAN REAL ESTATE

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Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya has the opportunity to set a benchmark for Africa in implementing cost-saving green technologies, as it pursues its development goals as a committed signatory of the International Climate Agreement (ICA), said the Kenya Green Building Council’s (KGBS) Madhur Ramrakha. As the 49th ICA signatory, Kenya has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, while achieving its housing, infrastructure, job and healthcare goals. But while the…

Money Manager Targets Return From Housing South Africa Students

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South African stock exchange investors are about to get their first opportunity to bet on income from housing students enrolled at the country’s campuses. Inkunzi Wealth Group, a Johannesburg-based money manager, intends to offer shares in a student accommodation fund on the city’s main exchange before the year is out, Chief Executive Officer Owen Nkomo said in an interview. There’s demand from listed property investors for an alternative to exposure to…

Johannesburg’s Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba to address African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit in Sandton on 25 October

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“Growth in employment opportunities can only come about in the City if we transform the inner city, which has long been neglected; both the inhabitants and building infrastructure. To do this we must also work within the private sector to fix our infrastructure, generate jobs and achieve higher levels of service delivery.” This is according to the Honourable Herman Mashaba, the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, who will deliver the keynote address during…

Polish Malls a Big Attraction for South African Property Fund

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – The first South African property fund to bet on the Polish market says it’s just the beginning. Redefine Properties Ltd., a Johannesburg-listed real estate investment trust, wants its Echo Polska Properties NV unit to double its Polish shopping-center portfolio in the next three years, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Konig said in an interview in Warsaw. The fund will seek to expand via opportunistic purchases of established malls to avoid the risk of…

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