South Africa’s Retouched Portrait Strokes
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South African securities were buffeted by angry demonstrations by ANC loyalists after an artist’s unflattering depiction of President Zuma, which ...
Ethiopia’s Dam-Breaking Trickle
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Ethiopia, which hosts a World Bank-backed commodities exchange with $1 billion in coffee and agricultural trading volume and overnight settlement ...
Africa’s Panoramic View Distortions
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Sub-Saharan stock markets got little lift from the IMF’s latest regional GDP growth forecast which kept the 5 percent expectation ...
Angola’s Residual Oil Anguish Angles
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As Angola completed its IMF standby arrangement centered on better oil revenue management and transparency and again broached the possibility ...
Mauritius’ Offshore Center Vertigo
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Mauritian stocks continued lethargic as the global business corporation sector absorbed the implications of the Indian budget which seemed to ...
Nigeria’s Wistful World Bank Wallop
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Nigerian stocks were unmoved from their modest upturn as Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala, a former senior World Bank executive, was nominated ...
Francophone Africa’s Stung Barracudas
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Senegal’s external bond and main regional bourse share Sonatel sputtered as President Wade, after receiving judicial clearance to run for ...
Sub-Sahara Bonds’ Reluctant Candidates
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Despite the launch of tracking indices and donor and legislative authorization, new African sovereign external debt issuers remain on the ...
South Africa’s Mooted Mandela Moment
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South African shares pared their double-digit gain on anxiety over a weekend “nationally important” announcement inviting rumors of new capital ...
Kenya’s Pesky Performance Indictments
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Kenyan shares seeking to break from 2011’s abysmal African frontier showing were again trounced by Hague tribunal indictments of Finance ...