Finance | - Part 106

Nigeria Hires Citi, StanChart, Stanbic for $2.5 Billion Eurobond

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria hired Citigroup Inc., Standard Chartered Plc and Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc to help it sell $2.5 billion of Eurobonds, possibly in the first quarter. “The minister confirmed this at the Federal Executive Council briefing on Wednesday,” Oluyinka Akintunde, media adviser for Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, said by text message on Thursday. The government rehired the group of lenders who managed its Eurobond sales late last year. Proceeds from the issuance will be used to refinance…

Kenya Is Said to Pick Citi, JPMorgan to Advise on Eurobond Sale

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya mandated four banks including Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to manage a sale of Eurobonds planned within the next two months, according to four people familiar with the plan. The ministry also chose Standard Chartered Bank Plc and Standard Bank Group’s Kenyan unit Stanbic Holdings to help with the sale, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the appointment hasn’t been made public…

Egyptian Billionaire’s Bank Seeks Acquisitions to Bolster Growth

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Beltone Financial Holding SAE, the Egyptian investment bank owned by billionaire Naguib Sawiris, is planning financial acquisitions to diversify the products it offers in frontier and emerging markets. “Beltone is in a very big growth mode,” Chief Executive Officer Bassem Azab said in an interview in Cairo. “We spent the past two years establishing and re-positioning ourselves in investment banking, asset management and brokerage. Now that we have our pillars reinforced on…

Anglo Takes Down South Africa Sale Sign and May Even Buy

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Anglo American Plc raised the possibility that it could start buying assets in South Africa, the latest sign of how much has changed in two years, when the miner was focused on selling. “We no longer have any for sale sign,” Norman Mbazima, deputy chairman of Anglo American’s South African unit, said in an interview Monday. “It is possible to invest in South Africa. We have got hope right now.”…

Mining Companies Are Suddenly Positive on South Africa Again

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JOHANNESBBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Cyril Ramaphosa isn’t even president yet and mining companies are already changing their tune on South Africa. A former mine union leader and now one of the wealthiest black South Africans, the new leader of the ruling African National Congress is seen as more willing to negotiate investor-friendly policy, according to executives attending the African Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town this week. That’s partly after he told reporters in…

Congo Seeks More Cobalt Control as Batteries Drive Boom

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KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo will seek greater control of the global cobalt market by engaging directly with car and battery manufacturers, according to its largest state-owned mining company. “I find it scandalous that when cobalt is discussed, and the explosion of electric vehicles, only the traders and consumers are referenced and Congo and Gecamines are not cited,” Gecamines Chairman Albert Yuma said in an interview in Cape Town. The market…

Opposition Fortunes Wane as Tanzania President Rules Supreme

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DAR ES SALAAM (Capital Markets in Africa) – Two years into his rule, Tanzanian President John Magufuli has some unexpected new fans: his political opponents. His chief rival in the 2015 vote, Edward Lowassa, has praised his reforms and urged others to support them. Another challenger became one of his regional commissioners, while two opposition lawmakers recently defected to the ruling party and will run as candidates in February by-elections. These could be signs that Magufuli, who’s nicknamed…

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