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Quick summary table displaying the performance of all the African Stock Exchanges and African currencies on a WTD and YTD basis. Summaries of the keys markets and relevant economic and corporate news.
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• Egypt's SODIC says plans about 2.3 bln Egyptian pounds in investments in 2015
• Vodafone Egypt spending $1.25 billion on network upgrade
• Emaar Misr formally requests Egypt bourse listing
• French defence minister confirms Rafale talks with Egypt TV
• Egypt urban consumer inflation falls to 9.7 pct in Jan
• Egypt's core inflation falls to 7.06 pct in January: central bank
• IMF says Egypt's reforms starting to spur turnaround in economy
• Egyptian Steel plans two new factories, sees strong demand
• Egypt PM sees GDP growth accelerating to 4 pct in current year
• IMF welcomes Ecobanks governance strides
• Weak cedi, energy challenges choke economy
• Ghana cocoa main crop purchases down 23.9 p
• Ghana consumer inflation slows in January as oil price falls
• Ghana cocoa main crop purchases down 23.9%
• Centum enters beer market with Carlsberg franchise
• Kakuzi valuation rises to one-year high of Sh4.5bn
• Co-op Bank spent Sh1.2bn to send home 160 employees last year
• EABL tipped a good bet among African beer-makers
• Safaricom hit by major network outage in Nairobi
• East African Cables 2014 profit down; to open upgraded plant
• Kenya's state-run firm to raise $2 bln to buy into oil blocks
• Kenya's EABL sees earnings boosted by rising beer and spirit sales
• Kenyan shilling weakens on dollar strength after U.S. jobs data
• Top price of Kenya's best grade tea rises at latest sale
• Kenyan shilling seen supported by inflows targeting bond sale
• Mauritius yr/yr inflation rises to 0.7 pct in January
• Mauritius 2014 sugar output hit by strike, heavy rains
• IMF, Ecobank Differ on Bank's Corporate Governance
• Nigerian Breweries promises investors greater value
• Dangote pledges early completion of refinery, others
• Lafarge, Shelter Afrique in low-income housing pact
• Nigerians flee naira as politics casts 'dark shroud'
• Consolidation Looms for Nigerian Companies to Survive Oil Price Drop
• SEC Moves against Rules Violation, Indiscipline in Capital Market
• Index Declines Further as Market Extends Losses
• Nigerian Breweries to Pay N3.50 Final Dividend
• Zambia's Konkola says needs tax refunds to return to profit
• Zambia taxes investors' patience with changing royalty policy
• Zambia minister says payment of mining royalties can be deferred
• Cafca pins hope on its holding company in South Africa
• Mwana Africa calls for power price cut for Zimbabwe gold mine
• Zimbabwe tax will cost Amplats $10 million a year
• Zimbabwes GDP Set to Expand 3.2% in 2015 as Deflation Persists
• Zimbabwe's central bank takes over $65 mln in bad loans from banks
• RBZ subsidiaries to resume operations