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Seychelles: AfDB Approves US$ 26 million for Mahe Water Project

Seychelles (Capital Market in Africa) — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has allocated a loan and a grant amounting to US$ 25.995 million dollars to finance a water project in Mahe in the Seychelles. The Mahe Sustainable Water Augmentation Project (MSWAP) approved by the AfDB Board on Wednesday, 1 April 2015, in Abidjan, seeks to promote the country’s economic development by improving water supply capacity and resilience against climate change. The project aims at…

Egyptian Stock Exchange recorded EGP 79.8bn turnover in first quarter of 2015

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The total value of stocks traded in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015 registered EGP 79.8bn, compared to EGP 64.9 billion the previous quarter (Q4 of 2014), according to quarterly report issued by the Egyptian Stock Exchange. Also the report, stated that the stocks trading accounted for 68.54% of the total value traded of the main market, while the remaining 31.46% were captured by bonds over the quarter. In the report, the total volume traded…

Tunisia: AfDB grants €49.4 million loan to enhance natural gas supply to disadvantaged regions

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Tunis, Tunisia (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Abidjan, a €49.4-million loan to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Corporation, la Société tunisienne d’électricité et du gaz (STEG). The project for the development of natural gas transportation and distribution to the western part of the country is aimed at improving the supply of cheaper and less-polluting energy to the…

Barclays Africa Applies for Equities Trading Licence in Nigeria

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Barclays Africa Group Limited, which is expanding on the continent after buying most of its parent’s operations in Africa, has applied for an equities trading license in Nigeria in addition to a commercial licence. “We really want to follow our corporate clients into Nigeria,” Bloomberg quoted the chief executive officer of the Johannesburg-based lender, Maria Ramos to have said in a recent presentation. “We want to bank our global and local clients in Nigeria. It’s…

Nigeria: 2015 Election analysis

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At the time of writing, the election results had still not officially been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Problems with biometric card readers delayed voter accreditation, and a few attacks on election centres caused a delay in the voting process itself. This led INEC to extend the vote by one day from March 28 to March 29 in some areas. We do not expect to see significant changes in policy regardless of…

Fitch Affirms Nigeria at ‘BB-‘; Outlook Revised to Negative

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London, March 30 (Fitch): Fitch Ratings has affirmed Nigeria’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BB-‘ and ‘BB’ respectively. The Outlooks on the Long-Term IDRs have been revised to Negative from Stable. The issue ratings on Nigeria’s senior unsecured foreign currency bonds are affirmed at ‘BB-‘. The Country Ceiling is affirmed at ‘BB-‘ and the Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR at ‘B’. Under EU credit rating agency (CRA) regulation, the publication of…

Nigerian Equity: Week Ending 27th March 2015

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The week ending 27th March 2015, heavy transactions in the shares of some banks and insurance companies, especially United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mansard Insurance, lifted the volume of shares traded, as a turnover of 2.509 billion shares worth NGN24.115 billion were exchanged in 19,971 deals by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. In comparison to previous week, a total of 1.382 billion shares valued at NGN12.053 billion changed hands in 16,877…

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