Below is a headline summary of our Weekly African Footprint. Please click here for more detailed reports. It includes the following:
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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• Botswana's CPI slows to 2.7 pct y/y in Jan
• Botswana's CPI slows to 2.7 pct y/y in Jan
• Botswana's CPI slows to 2.7 pct y/y in Jan
• Egypt raises deposit cap to $1 million for exporters
• Egypt's central bank cracks down on exchange bureaus as black market surges
• Egypt's central bank cracks down on exchange bureaus as black market surges
• Egypt's Central Bank raises monthly deposit caps for exporters to $1mln
• Anglogold Ashanti rules out shutdown of operations
• Ecobank Ghana MD steps down
• Gov't to issue Ghc500m 5-yr domestic bond
• Kenya oil commercially viable at $25 a barrel, says Tullow
• Transcentury allays default fears as share price falls
• Kenya Airways picks PJT Partners to advise on capital-raising
• Kenyan publisher Longhorn H1 profit jumps 96 pct
• KenGen seeks geothermal consultants to rev up steam
• Kenya replaces Mombasa port management amid smuggling probe
• Kenya central bank seeks to mop up 15 bln shillings
• Kenya reviews Islamic Finance laws ahead of debut sukuk
• Kenyan shilling steady, seen gaining on agriculture exporter inflows
• CBK insists key depositors at Imperial will be refunded next month
• Central Bank wants more time to compel banks to lower lending rates
• Kenya signs global tax deal to crackdown on multinationals
• Kenya's Treasury to cut 2015/16 local borrowing by a quarter
• Malawi inflation slows to 23.5 pct y/y in January
• Mauritius Lux Island Resorts posts 23 pct profit jump
• SBM of Mauritius in Talks to Acquire Kenyan Bank, Chairman Says
• " Nigeria's Sterling Bank eyes acquisitions
• " FCMB to Expand Outside Nigeria as Oil Slump Hits Home Market
• " Diamond Bank to Introduce 'eSUSU' Savings Scheme
• " South Africa's Truworths exits Nigeria due to import curbs
• " Fitch Upgrades Access Bank Ratings
• " Investors to Get Dividend Value Within 24 Hours of Payment
• " Nigeria in talks with oil majors to repay debt, invest in refineries
• " Nigerian naira hits record low of 345 vs dollar
• " Budget: FG's Planned Borrowings to Increase Debt Stock to 12.8% of GDP
• " Nigeria's External Reserves Fall to $27.840 Billion
• " Nigerian stocks down on profit booking, naira concerns
• " Nigeria sets up committee to advise on first sovereign sukuk
• Acacia Mining profit falls as gold price decline
• Major telecoms attain financial interoperability
• CRDB Bank celebrates two decades of 'meteoric rise'
• NMB, CARE partner to serve thousands
• NMB, CARE partner to serve thousands
• NMB, CARE partner to serve thousands
• Zambeef share price doubles on LSE
• Zambia's inflation to reduce
• Political Tensions Intensify in Zambia Before August Vote
• Zambia Plans to Revisit Power-Tariff Increase After Reversal
• Zambia shuts 24,000 bpd refinery for around a month: minister
• African Distillers profit after tax declines
• Freda seeks fresh capital injection
• BAT profit up 15%
• Bakers Inn sales up 20% on promo
• Turkey, Zim strengthen bilateral ties
• Zimbabwe consumer prices fall 2.2 pct yr-on-yr in Jan
• ZTA asks govt to lower 15pct VAT on foreign tourists
• IMF team to visit the country next week