Africa’s Eurobond Love Fest Set to Continue as Issuers Line Up

Africa’s Eurobond Love Fest Set to Continue as Issuers Line Up

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Africa’s strong start to the year in the Eurobond market shows little sign of abating. On Tuesday, Senegal became the continent’s fourth sovereign in succession to attract $10 billion or more of orders when it sold $2.2 billion of euro- and dollar-denominated securities. The West African nation followed Egypt, Nigeria and Kenya, each of which saw investors clamouring to participate in their deals. African sovereigns have now sold $10.7 billion of…

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INTO AFRICA February 2017 Edition: Africa’s Economic Path in 2017

INTO AFRICA February 2017 Edition: Africa’s Economic Path in 2017

LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Welcome to the 2017’s first edition of INTO AFRICA, the publication with fresh insight into Africa’s emerging capital markets. In this edition, we bring you a selection of insights on Africa’s economic prospects in 2017. Please download by clicking: INTO AFRICA PUBLICATION: FEBRUARY 2017  EDITION.  The collapse of oil prices has had far-reaching effects on African economies in 2016. For commodity exporters, the implications are glaring – weaker revenues have…

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Algeria launches local bond issue to offset energy earnings drop

Algeria launches local bond issue to offset energy earnings drop

Algiers, Algeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Algeria’s first local bond issue in years was opened on Sunday with the government hoping to secure new financing sources after a sharp drop in world oil prices has cut energy earnings that make up 60 percent of its budget. Algeria’s government has already started to cut back some state-subsidised energy services, reduced its 2015 and 2016 public spending and frozen some infrastructure projects. The bond issue, with…

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