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South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria Plan More ETF Cross-Listings

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa):- South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are planning to cross-list more exchange-traded funds on their stock markets to boost liquidity of the securities, according to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. “We reached out to East Africa and West Africa,” Tamsin Freemantle, business development manager of the South African bourse, said in an interview May 14 in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The JSE is “working closely with those markets to develop this cross…

Positive Outlook for Hospitality industry in South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius and Kenya

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Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa):- South Africa’s hospitality industry is prepared to grow further in the next five years, with most growth in the sector expected to be generated in Cape Town, according to a report released by PwC today. Nikki Forster, Hospitality Industry Leader for PwC, Southern Africa, says: “Although South Africa’s economy has weakened, the hotel industry in 2014 has benefited from an increase in foreign visitors and rising room rates.” PwC’s…

Transnet says shutting coal export line won’t affect Tonnage

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By Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Transnet said it will shut down its coal export line over a 10-day period for annual maintenance but this would not affect tonnages delivered as the halt was factored into its schedule. The state-owned logistics firm said in a statement seen by Reuters on Tuesday that the shut-down is meant to help it catch up on a maintenance backlog and upgrade its railway network. Companies such as…

AngloGold says wage, power hikes threaten South African gold sector

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By Peroshni Govender and Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Africa’s top bullion producer, said on Monday steep wage demands and rising power costs could turn South Africa’s once thriving gold sector into a “sunset” industry. AngloGold, which reported that it had swung to a quarterly profit on robust performance in its international operations sending its shares 5 percent higher, said looming wage and electricity tariff rises were a concern. “We cannot have…

European investors support Vantage Capital with $75m

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Vantage Capital, Africa’s leading mezzanine debt provider, today announced that the DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (“DEG”) and four other European investors are contributing a total of approximately $60m to Vantage’s third fund. DEG’s commitment to Fund III is $20m. In addition the DEG is providing $15m to a co-investment with Vantage in Surfline Communications, the leading 4G LTE network operator in Ghana. Vantage invested $15m in Surfline from its second fund late…

African Market Watch: Thurs, 16th April 2015

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BRVM [The Regional Stock Exchange, Cote d’Ivoire]: BRVM (The Regional Stock Exchange of eight West Africa) closed its trading session today, higher than the previous day for both BRVM 10 index and BRVM Composite. BRVM 10 index rose from 271.78 to 273.94 points, a gain of 0.79%. BRVM Composite index gained 0.51% to 263.17 against 261.83 points previously. The equity market capitalization was recorded at XOF 6,492.71 billion. Likewise, the traded value was recorded at XOF…

South Africa’s rand recovers as soft U.S. data weighs on dollar

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand strengthened against the dollar on Thursday as soft U.S. housing and jobs data weighed on the dollar, adding uncertainty over the timing of a rate rise from the Federal Reserve. At 1530 GMT, the rand was trading 0.61 percent firmer at 11.9925 to the dollar, compared with an overnight close of 12.0320 in New York. “The U.S. data is very soft, so thatâ€™s supporting the trend of slight bearing…

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