West Africa | - Part 8

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

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,…

Africa’s richest man Dangote plans rice mill in Nigeria to tap growing demand

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Dangote Group, controlled by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, plans to launch a rice mill with a farm scheme in Nigeria to tap growing demand for paddy in Africa’s biggest economy, the company said on Monday. Rice demand in Nigeria hit 6.3 million metric tonnes (MT) in 2015, with 2.3 million metric tonnes produced at home, leaving the country reliant on imports, according to the agriculture ministry. Dangote Group…

Nigerian Equities Kickstart the Week Lower as FMCGs Flounder… NSE ASI down 38bps

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The equities market closed lower at the end of trade today as the All Share Index (ASI) fell 38 bps to close at 25,244.65 points. Today’s weak performance is attributable to losses in NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-5.0%), STANBIC (-4.5%) and ETI (-3.1%) which offset gains in market heavyweight – DANGCEM(+0.5%). As a result, market capitalisation declined by N33.0bn to settle at N8.7tn. Market activity also moderated as volume and value traded fell 29.7% and 46.6% to…

Nigeria recovers $177 million stolen state funds: ministry

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ABUJA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria has recovered some $151 million and eight billion naira ($26.32 million) in stolen state funds in less than two months as part of an anti-graft drive, the government said on Sunday. The West African nation launched late in December a whistleblower scheme entitling those who help find stolen assets to up to five percent of the recovered sums, part of a drive by President Muhammadu Buhari to root out…

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…

Insight into Nigeria’s Macroeconomic Climate in 2017

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The novelty has worn off by now. Barring a minor miracle, the Nigerian economy entered a full-year recession in 2016, its first in two decades. Added to this, the simultaneous rise in unemployment (up to 13.9% according to most recent data) and inflation (18.6% in December) tilted the country into stagflation. A slump in oil export earnings on the back of major disruptions in oil production significantly contributed to…

Nigeria aims to present reform plan in Feb for $1 bln World Bank loan

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria wants to borrow at least $1 billion from the World Bank to help haul it out of recession and plans to present the required economic reform proposals to the lender this month, officials and diplomats told Reuters. The oil producer, which has been hit hard by a sharp fall in crude prices since 2014, has been in talks with the Washington-based lender for a year to secure a…

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