African markets: ‘teflon coated’?
As the global economy muddles through, African markets are giving investors something to smile about, with equity, FX, local bonds and eurobonds all outperforming, according to a report this week by...
View ArticleKenya: enter the index
It’s been a good week for African fixed income, which is receiving a profile boost courtesy of a handful of indices. First, sub-Saharan Africa’s two biggest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, joined...
View ArticleKenya: a gem of a market move
The clang of a bell announced the launch of Kenya’s new small and midcap market segment on Tuesday, but its founders are determined that will be the only old-fashioned thing about it. The Growth...
View Article[video] African outperformance
Last year Africa comfortably outperformed other emerging markets for the first time since the financial crisis. Stephen Bailey-Smith, head of Africa research at Standard Bank, discusses with emerging...
View ArticleWhat use is a credit rating? For Africa, it means FDI
On the face of it, sovereign credit ratings and foreign direct investment might not appear to be that dependent on each other. When you’re setting up shop overseas, does it really matter if a country...
View ArticleGuest post: hunt for alpha leads to Africa
By Dambisa Moyo In my book Dead Aid I suggested that African governments could and should access the international capital markets to finance their development objectives such as infrastructure,...
View ArticleGuest post: why international lawyers should head for Africa
By David Mitchell of BDO Africa is experiencing rapid economic growth and infrastructure development. In addition to the huge investment programmes, there is a strong pipeline of M&A activity and...
View ArticleZambia: second exchange primed and ready for derivatives
Zambia’s second bourse is hoping to kick off trading “in weeks”, giving investors a chance to trade derivative products alongside the bonds and equities available on the main Lusaka Stock Exchange...
View ArticleZimbabwe: exchange plans IPO to draw in foreign investors
Investing in Zimbabwe is not for the faint-hearted. But its stock exchange has been booming of late. To maintain the momentum, management at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is planning to sell shares in...
View ArticleChart of the week: Africa’s growth-human development lag
From the ‘hopeless’ to the ‘hopeful’ continent, a decade of strong growth has changed perceptions of sub-Saharan African economies. Not least among international investors, who have rushed to recent...
View ArticleAfrican stock exchanges: making big strides
There is plenty of investment appetite for African stocks among institutional investors, and the continent’s financial markets are taking notice. Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Angola have all...
View ArticleConquering Africa one meal at a time
Late at night during a power blackout in Ghana’s capital Accra is neither the time nor the place you’d expect pop diva Celine Dion to come to your rescue. But when a rider from restaurant delivery...
View ArticleAfrica is rising, but so is hunger on the continent
The latest UN annual report on hunger and food security is a sobering reminder of the challenges that Africa faces in spite of a recent improvement in economic growth and governance. The State of Food...
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