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19/04/2013

New AfDB report sets conditions for successful infrastructure project bonds in African markets

Seven out of the 10 fastest-growing countries in the last few years are in Africa. A new report by the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) explores how structured finance techniques can mobilize African domestic capital to support economic infrastructure projects and economic growth.The report, “Structured Finance – Conditions for infrastructure project bonds in African markets”,…
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18/04/2013

Nigeria Sees Strong Investor Interest in 10 Power Plants

At least 30 investors have indicated interest in 10 Nigerian power plants put up for sale by the government, an official in charge of the process said.Africa’s most populous country is offering as much as 80 percent of its shares in thermal power plants located across the country, James Olotu, chief executive officer of Niger Delta Power…
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17/04/2013

« In 2013,the emerging market will continue to outperform »

“75% of the corporates that issue in dollars from the emerging markets are investment grade. This is a defensive place for investors that are looking to get some incremental pick-up in a low yield environment for credit.”
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17/04/2013

Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund (ZIMFUND) Launches Flagship Infrastructure Development Project

ZimFund’s Urgent Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project (Phase One) will increase the reliability, quality and availability of water, restore wastewater treatment capacity and reduce the incidence of cholera and other water related diseases.
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16/04/2013

How the private sector is changing Chinese investment in Africa

In August 2012, US Secretary of the State Hilary Clinton offered a thinly veiled criticism of China’s role in Africa, calling upon African countries to guard against those that “come in, take out natural resources, pay off leaders and leave.”[1] The Chinese official news agency, Xinhua, retorted immediately that “Clinton’s implication that China has been extracting Africa’s…
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15/04/2013

South Africa Debt, Lloyds Traders, Netflix: Compliance

A plan to give investors the same level of protection when buying South African investment-grade corporate debt as they get with junk bonds is dividing the nation’s money managers. The proposals being debated include limits on further borrowing, which will enhance the safety of the debt, said Jason Lightfoot, a portfolio manager at Futuregrowth Asset Management.
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15/04/2013

‘1,000 days to step-up our efforts towards the MDGs »

« We have just under a thousand days to go before our deadline to meet the MDGs expires. In the last 12 years 600 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty. The MDGs deserve some of the credit for this – the greatest ever achievement in poverty reduction ». Find a full statement from Andris…
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