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Nigeria Beer Makers Set for Profit Hit on Tax, Top Broker Says

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigerian drinks producers including the local units of Heineken NV and Diageo Plc will see profit margins come under pressure after the government raises taxes on alcohol in June, according to the country’s biggest broker. Beverage makers may also suffer a sales decline of about 3 percent if they raise prices to cover the extra cost, Christian Orajekwe, an analyst for the Lagos-based Cordros Capital, said in emailed response to questions. President Muhammadu Buhari approved…

Egyptian Exchange EGX 30 Price Index Rises, South Africa FTSE/JSE Breadth Strengthens

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Market breadth for the FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index strengthened as the number of companies that rose exceeded declining shares by 114 to 40, the most since Feb. 15. The South Africa FTSE/JSE rose for the second day, climbing 2.3 percent, or 1,330.46 to 59,242.86. Bloomberg’s market breadth function helps you analyse the main stock indexes around the world, highlighting when an unusual percentage of index members breach technical levels ranging from…

Gas Flaring Law Error Cost Nigeria Billions of Dollars, Says Finance Minister

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Africa’s top oil producer plans to make gas flaring more costly for companies that have escaped the payment of billions of dollars despite being fined, Nigerian Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said. In the “legal framework for the gas-flaring penalty, it was drafted as a charge. A charge is tax deductible,” Adeosun said in a January 23 interview. “So, what do the international oil companies do? They flare, they pay the charge…

South African Steinhoff Unit Mulls Early Redemption of Bonds

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Steinhoff International Holdings NV said one of its South African units is considering an early redemption of all notes in issue as the global retailer struggles to stay afloat amid an accounting scandal. Steinhoff Services Ltd.’s redemption of securities issued under a 15 billion-rand ($1.2 billion) bond program will require pricing supplements to be amended and restated, the Frankfurt- and Johannesburg-listed company said in a statement after the market closed on Thursday….

IBM, Comcast Ventures Back Fund for Blockchain Business Startups

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – International Business Machines Corp. and Comcast Corp.’s venture arm will become the largest supporters of an investment fund for startups that help corporations use blockchain, the digital ledger that’s become a hot technology. The startup accelerator, called MState, plans to invest $25,000 to $50,000 apiece in five or six companies over the next six months, co-founder Rob Bailey said in a phone interview. MState, with locations in New York and…

Nigeria Loses Almost Half Its Power Output After Pipeline Fire

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – A fire at a Nigerian pipeline interrupted gas supplies to companies generating more than 3,000 megawatts in Africa’s most populous nation, the government said. The fire at the Escravos-Lagos pipeline owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. in the southern Edo state required a shutdown of the pipeline supplying gas to the 1,320-megawatt Egbin power plant, the nation’s biggest, and five others, according to an emailed statement by the Power,…

South African Regulator Probes Trades in Gupta-Linked Oakbay

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – A South African financial regulator is investigating trades in Oakbay Resources and Energy Ltd., a company linked to the politically connected Gupta family, to determine whether share prices were manipulated over a five-month period. The Financial Services Board will probe share moves from when Oakbay listed in November 2014 through April 2015, the Pretoria-based institution said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. The stock rose almost 11 percent over that…

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