Finance | - Part 152

OPIC Finances Wind Farm in Senegal, Solar Developer in Nigeria

LAGOS, Capital Markets in Africa: The Overseas Private Investment Corp. lent $250 million to fund a wind project in Senegal. The Taiba N’Diaye wind farm is in western Senegal is expected to have a capacity of 158 megawatts once complete, the U.S. government’s development finance institution said in an e-mailed statement. OPIC has partnered with Lekela Power, a joint venture between Dublin-based Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd. and private equity investor Actis LLP, to build the project. It is…

Kenyan Geothermal Gets $60 Million From African Development Bank

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NAIROBI, Capital Markets in Africa: The African Development Bank will lend $60 million to finance a geothermal power project in Kenya. The funds will go to state-owned Geothermal Development Co. to buy three drilling rigs, according to Gabriel Negatu, regional director at the Abidjan, Ivory Coast-based financial institution. Kenya “has enormous potential in geothermal power capacity which it has not fully exploited,” Negatu said in an interview in Nairobi. The country has been tapping geothermal power in…

Kia Motors to assemble cars in Ethiopia, considers Algeria

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ADDIS ABABA, Capital Markets in Africa: South Korea’s Kia Motors Corp signed a deal with a local company on Thursday to start assembling cars in Ethiopia and is thinking of similar operations elsewhere in Africa. “It is important to penetrate the African market. We are also looking at the prospects of opening similar plants in Algeria and other countries,” Soon Nam Lee, President of Kia’s Middle East and Africa headquarters, told Reuters. Kia and Belayab…

Uganda to spend $2 bln on power connections, grid: Umeme executive

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NAIROBI, Capital Markets in Africa: Uganda plans to spend at least $2 billion in the next five years to connect more people to its electricity grid and raise connection rates, a senior executive at sole power distributor Umeme Ltd said on Thursday. Ugandan officials say they want to boost electricity supply rapidly to power an industrialisation drive. In recent years they have cut subsidies for consumers and introduced a tariff adjustment mechanism. The country said…

Vodafone Squeezed in Egypt as State-Backed Partner Turns Rival

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CAIRO, Capital Markets in Africa: Vodafone Group Plc is getting squeezed in Egypt as its state-backed partner embarks on a solo push into wireless services — crowding the market with a fourth provider while potentially leaving its U.K.-based ally to fend for itself. To finance its own network, Telecom Egypt may sell its 45 percent stake in an existing venture with Vodafone, according to two analysts who have been briefed by the company. The options range from an initial…

As Commodity Slump Batters Africa, Investors Turn to Technology

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LAGOS, Capital Markets in Africa: The titans of Silicon Valley are undeterred by the economic slump afflicting much of Africa. Facebook Inc., Google, Oracle Corp. and Uber Technologies Inc. are at the leading edge of turning the world’s frontier markets digital. As the commodity crash buffets the continent’s biggest economies, the interest and investments couldn’t come at a better time. Almost half of foreign direct investment projects in Africa last year were in technology, telecommunications, financial services…

Old Mutual Said to Mull Wealth Unit Sale, Dropping IPO, on Costs

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JOHANNESBURG, Capital Markets in Africa: Old Mutual Plc, Africa’s largest insurer, may drop plans for a listing of its U.K. wealth management unit because of escalating costs from an upgrade of its investment platform, according to a person familiar with the matter. While managers at Old Mutual Wealth want to proceed with an initial public offering, executives at the group level are leaning towards options including a sale of the unit, the person said, asking not…

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