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Nigeria | Central Bank of Nigeria to Create N750 Billion Agriculture Intervention Fund

LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: The Federal Government, yesterday, said it will collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to create N750 billion agriculture fund as part of its commitment to making agriculture the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, just as it is committed to tackling the smuggling of poultry products into the country. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, who disclosed this at the 2016 National Summit of the…

Private Equity | Harith General Partners has invested in NOVO Energy

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Harith General Partners has invested in NOVO Energy, a power and technology company that specialises in supplying alternative fuel technologies and services in Africa. Harith, the South African based fund manager, purchased a significant shareholding at NOVO Energy through its US$435m second Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF2). The partnership was established to create a strategic alignment and focus on the supply of natural gas in the Southern African energy…

“Price Modulation” of the Downstream Sector …Taking the Bull by the Legs

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: The downstream petroleum sector on 11th May, 2016 received a major policy turn that seemed to have altered the age long dynamics of the industry as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced the removal of petroleum subsidy and provided new pricing guidelines, designed to be cost reflective in line with market dynamics. Whilst the new policy has shifted off the Government, a major burden of subsidy payment which…

Deregulation With Price Controls. Precursor to Devaluation?

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Last week, the Federal Government finally took a step to pseudo-deregulate the downstream sector (the FGN refused to use the word deregulation). This initiative was expected due to the introduction of the price modulation template by the NNPC in January 2016 and also the 2016 budget had no provisions for petrol subsidy payments. Under the new framework, market players are now permitted to source FX independently of the CBN…

Oil Trades Near Seven-Month High as Supply Losses Tame Surplus

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Oil traded near a seven-month high on speculation that U.S. crude stockpiles declined last week while supply losses in Canada and Nigeria whittled away the global excess. West Texas Intermediate climbed as much as 1.5 percent in New York. U.S. crude inventories probably fell by 3.5 million barrels, according to a Bloomberg survey before government data Wednesday. It would be the first consecutive weekly decrease since September. Wildfires in Canada came to within a…

Senegal President Sall Says Nation Will Sell Bond This Year

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DAKAR, Senegal, Capital Markets in Africa: Senegalese President Macky Sall said his administration will tap the international bond market this year to fund infrastructure development and accelerate growth that’s being driven by surging peanut and rice production. The West African nation intends raising $500 million to $1 billion through the sale of a Eurobond, Sukuk or Samurai bonds, Sall said in a May 13 interview in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, where the World Economic Forum held its annual…

Barclays Africa Mulls Investment-Bank Venture Post Parent’s Exit

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Barclays Africa Group Limited said it is considering a joint investment-banking venture with Barclays Plc as its London-based parent plans to further reduce its controlling stake. “At the corporate and investment bank the synergies provided a significant advantage,” Barclays Africa Chairwoman Wendy Lucas-Bull said at the Johannesburg-based bank’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. “We are looking at the issues business by business and at what the options are, like a joint venture.” Barclays sold…

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