Markets Coverage

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  It is Official: @MTNRwanda is now officially listed on Rwanda stock exchange Main Investment Market Segment(MIMS), Being the first mobile network operator in Rwanda to list its shares on the Rwanda Stock Exchange

  Rwanda

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  Each FGN Savings Bond is offered at N1,000 per unit with a minimum subscription of N5,000 and a maximum subscription of N50,000,000. Offer opened on May 3, 2021 and closes on May 7, 2021.

  Nigeria

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  #BRVMRapportActivités @GroupeSonatel #Senegal - Résultat net au premier trimestre 2021 en hausse de 26,5 % à 55 milliards FCFA par rapport à la même période en 2020

  Ivory Coast

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  OIL MARKET: Brent crude hits $69 a barrel, the highest in one more and a half, with the market rallying on the back of vaccine campaigns in the West, and despite a massive covid outbreak in India

  United States of America

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  OIL MARKET: Brent crude hits $69 a barrel, the highest in one more and a half, with the market rallying on the back of vaccine campaigns in the West, and despite a massive covid outbreak in India

  US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay

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  #Ghana treasury bill yields remain steady this week. No 364 day t-bill issued this week.

  Ghana

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  The High Court has upheld a decision by the Tax Appeals Tribunal allowing the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to recover KES.234 million in tax claims from Equity Bank Kenya, relating to PAYE charge on the bank's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

  Kenya

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  Uhuru Investment Partners has announced the first close of Uhuru Growth Fund I (UGF) at US$113 million, with capital support from CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution (DFI)

  Kenya

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  The results of the Treasury Bills auction held on 29 April 2021. The full results can be found at https://t.co/2d5eBgBmJF

  Kenya

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  MTN Notice of the 26th Annual General Meeting of MTN Group Limited and the summarised Annual Financial Statement

  South Africa

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  April 29: @ZenithBank PLC has been appointed as a Settlement Bank on @NASDNG Securities Exchange.

  Nigeria

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  NSE [@NSE_PLC ] listed firms Crown Paints [@CrownPaintsPLC ] and East African Cables [@eacables ] issue a warning that the financial statements won't be ready on time.

  Kenya

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  UAP Holdings PLC [@UAPOldMutual] 2020 results

  Kenya

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  Standard Group  Net Earnings improve 23.7% y/y to a loss of KES 352.2M

  Kenya

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  Central banks added 160.5t to global #gold reserves in March, with a large purchase by Hungary of 63.0t the most notable activity in the month. Japan's 80.8t addition was the result of an intergovernmental transfer of gold.

  United States of America

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  Central banks added 160.5t to global #gold reserves in March, with a large purchase by Hungary of 63.0t the most notable activity in the month. Japan's 80.8t addition was the result of an intergovernmental transfer of gold.

  US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay

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  BREAKING: @MTNRwanda has announced they are setting up a FinTech subsidiary 'Mobile Money Rwanda Ltd'.

  Rwanda

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  Kenya: Athi River Mining set for liquidation, delisting at the NSE

  Kenya

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  Homeboyz Entertainment has reported its first full-year loss of KSh22 million since listing on the NSE in December 2020.

  Kenya

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  #Botswana: The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee maintained the bank rate at 3.75% at its meeting yesterday. #ThinkAfricaundrt

  Botswana

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  #Inflation_April_2021 The Annual Headline Inflation is recorded at 2.1% in April 2021 compared to 2.7% registered in March 2021. This was due to Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Inflation at -2.0% in April 2021 compared to the 0.4% Increase March 2021.

  Uganda

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  #TCC the DSE Highest Priced Stock still far from 201/2015 levels of profitability. Net profit down by 30% since 2019. Despite lower performance, the company maintains a healthy dividend for 2020.

  Uganda

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  The Uganda Shilling remained relatively stable with a bias towards appreciation in February and March 2021. The appreciation was mainly driven by inflows from offshores, NGOs, coffee export, and non-financial institutions.

  Uganda

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  Annual life insurance premiums fell 12% in 2020 as per the @ira_kenya "The fall is to do with job losses. when an employee leaves...the premiums are either reduced or a creidt is given" - Tom Gichuhi, @AKI_Kenya CEO

  Kenya

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  Cytonn Asset Managers Limited [@CytonnInvest ] 2020 results

  Kenya

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  Nigerian Treasury Bills Primary Market Auction Results for today, 28-Apri-21. Stop rates for the 91-day & 182-day bills remain unchanged for the 5th consecutive auction. However, the 364-day bill rose by 75bps to 9.75%.

  Nigeria

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  #BRVMEtatsFinanciers #Bank Of #Africa #BOA #Benin - Résultat net au premier trimestre 2021 en hausse de 5 % à 4,36 milliards FCFA par rapport à la même période en 2020

  Benin

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  #BRVMEtatsFinanciers #Bank Of #Africa #BOA #Benin - Résultat net au premier trimestre 2021 en hausse de 5 % à 4,36 milliards FCFA par rapport à la même période en 2020

  Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Is.)

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  TBL 2020 results. Revenue 6% down and EPS 44% down since 2019. "The Group’s revenue decreased by 6.2% impacted by the global covid-19 pandemic."

  Uganda

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  TOTAL | Total Nigeria FY2020 Earnings Update : PEF Inflow propels PAT to profitability

  Nigeria

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  SIGNATURE100, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AFRICAN SECURITIES EXCHANGES ASSOCIATION (ASEA), PROFILES THE BOTSWANA STOCK EXCHANGE (BSE) AS ONE OF AFRICA’S LARGEST EXCHANGES BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION

  Botswana

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  Safaricom Plc will release it's FY21 Results on Thursday, 13 May 2021 Britam Holdings will release it's FY20 Results tomorrow 29th April 2021

  Kenya

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  April 28: Change of guards at Nigeria's oldest commercial bank @FirstBankngr on Wednesday as #GbengaShobo replaces #SolaAdeduntan as MD & CEO.

  Nigeria

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  Egypt extended its monetary easing pause for another month, seeking to keep local debt attractive to foreign investors

  Egypt

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  First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) acquiert 100% de Audi Egypt Après avoir reçu les approbations réglementaires nécessaires, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), conduite

  Egypt

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  Kengen [@KenGenKenya ] shareholders yesterday approved the payout of dividends for FY 2020

  Kenya

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  Tunisie : Légère hausse du produit net bancaire d’Attijari Bank au 1er trimestre 2021 Le produit net bancaire (PNB) d’ Attijari Bank de la Tunisie a enregistré une légère hausse de

  Tunisia

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  The Treasury has re-opened the 15-year Treasury bond FXD2/2019/15 and floated a new 25-year Treasury bond issue FXD1/2021/25 both with a value date 10/05/2021. The discount/interest on the two bonds is subject to a withholding tax at a rate of 10%

  Kenya

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  ABSA and First National Bank (FNB) have been accused of perpetuating apartheid era tactics in South Africa’s embattled financial services sector.

  South Africa

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  April 23: Book-build for #Africa's largest cement producer, @DangoteCement Plc Series 1, Tranche A, B and C Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Bonds, under the NGN 300bn Programme opened today, closing April 29

  Nigeria

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  #Angola's 2020/2021 licensing round – which will be launched on April 30 and will conclude on June 9 – features six licenses in the onshore #Kwanza Basin (KON 5, 6, 8, 9 17 and 20) and three licenses in the onshore #Lower Congo Basin (CON 1, 5 and 6), reports @AngolaBriefing

  Angola

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  En dépit des injonctions de la Banque Centrale du Sud Soudan (SSP) envers les cambistes formels et informels, le gouffre est béant entre le marché officiel et le marché parallèle.

  South Sudan

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  Bamburi cement [@BamburiCement] delivers its 2020 results:

  Kenya

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  April 14: Directors of more than 4,000 licensed #Nigeria #FX Bureaux or #BDCs are meeting today for a crucial engagement with some 3 top officials of @cenbank the new @officialEFCC chief and officials of the @NigFiu #frontierafrica

  Nigeria

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  Ghana Stock Exchange records significant GH¢2.79 billion in returns for Q1 2021 – Report

  Ghana

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  BREAKING: Newly-demutualised @ngxgrp goes for debut trading today on @NASDNG under ticker: #SDNGX the first of such cross-listing for securities exchange in #Nigeria

  Nigeria

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  Kenya Shilling Strengthens on Impending IMF Disbursements

  Kenya

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  #Ghana Treasury Bill Yields on 12th April 2021. Yields continue to fall for shorter t-bills but remain over 10%.

  Ghana

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  Trading activity at the @NSE_PLC in Q1 2021: - Ksh 199.4b worth of bonds traded [Q1 2020: Ksh 150.4b] - Ksh 31.8b worth of equities traded [Q1 2020: Ksh 43.6b] - Market capitalization dropped by 4.1% from Ksh 2,541B in February to Ksh 2,437B in March 2021.

  Kenya

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  Sameer Africa, one of the largest tyre manufacturers in East Africa, reported a KSh43 million net profit at the end of December 2020

  Kenya

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  BOTSWANA STOCK EXCHANGE (BSE) MARKET PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH 2021

  Botswana

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  CBK to recover Sh727m stolen Treasury bonds from banker

  Kenya

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  Deuxième édition de la BRVM Awards 2021: les meilleurs acteurs du marché financier régional célébrés

  Ivory Coast

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  British American Tobacco(BAT) Kenya Plc shareholders are expected to approve a final dividend of KSh 41.50 per ordinary share, or a total of KSh 4.5 Billion- to be paid on 12th May 2021

  Kenya

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  JSE welcomes listing of Sygnia’s global, sustainability-linked ETF

  South Africa

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  April 12: #Aurelien Mali, a VP & Sovereign Analyst at @MoodysInvSvc says: "President #Talon seems likely to win the elections given the partial boycott from the opposition and the resulting lower participation."

  Benin

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  April 12: #Aurelien Mali, a VP & Sovereign Analyst at @MoodysInvSvc says: "President #Talon seems likely to win the elections given the partial boycott from the opposition and the resulting lower participation."

  Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Is.)

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  CMA hearing of Carbacid’s BOC buyout yet to kick off

  Kenya

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  Cameroon: Public debt rose by over XAF4,000 bln in 2016-2020 (CAA)

  Cameroon

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  MARKET WRAP: JSE ends week firmer with banks faring best

  South Africa

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  Le journal Financial Afrik a été primé ce 10 avril, meilleur journal Financier par le jury des BRVM Awards. L’événement phare du marché régional de l’UEMO a salué le media pour son travail de vulgarisation at service de la finance africaine.

  Ivory Coast

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  Nairobi Securities Exchange - Monthly Bulletin (Barometer)- March 2021.

  Kenya

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  News: "The overall volume of trading on the #Algiers Stock Exchange fell by 64.8% in 2020, in part due to covid-19", writes @ecofinagency

  Algeria

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  Ecobank Transnational Incorporated appoints Tomisin Fashina as Group Executive, Operations & Technology

  Togo

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  #BRVMConvocationAG #Bank Of #Africa #BurkinaFaso : Assemblée Générale Mixte, le Jeudi 1er Avril 2021, à 10 Heures dans la Salle WANGO de LAICO HOTEL OUAGA 2000

  Ivory Coast

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  CBK cut the benchmark rate to 7% from 7.25% in April 2020, at the onset of the covid19 pandemic, and has retained the rate ever since.

  Kenya

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  Take note, Co-operative bank of Kenya dividend book closure is tomorrow 31 March 2021. Dividend payment on or before 14th April 2021.

  Kenya

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  London, March 30, 2021: "Nigeria's banking outlook remains negative; Asset risk will increase and government support capacity is weakening", @MoodysInvSvc new report says #frontierafrica

  Nigeria

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  CBK to Sell 18-year Bond Worth Ksh 60bn, Strong Demand Projected. The bond is currently on offer until 06/04/2021. Its coupon is market-determined.

  Kenya

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  News: #SA saw FDI inflows of R51.1bn for all 2020, down from inflows of R74.0bn in 2019. Portfolio investments, reflecting a record of buying and selling of securities recorded inflows of R24.1bn in 4Q vs. outflows of R39.5bn in 3Q.

  South Africa

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  US Treasury is pleased to provide same-day bridge financing of approximately $1.15 billion to help Sudan clear its arrears at the World Bank. This is a key milestone in Sudan’s efforts to advance debt relief and to restore economic stability.

  Sudan

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  Equity Group will on 29th March 2021 hold an investor briefing to announce its 2020 full-year Financial Results.

  Kenya

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  Sidian bank [@SidianBank], an unlisted Kenyan bank, just reported their 2020 annual results: - Net interest income is up ~16.5% - Loan loss provisions are down ~54% - Total operating income down ~8.3% - Profit after tax down ~83% - Significant movement in deferred taxes

  Kenya

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  Everything unchanged at the Central Bank of Nigeria after latest policy meeting:

  Nigeria

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  Absa Bank [@AbsaKenya] reported earnings today: - Net Interest Income up 1% - Total profit after tax down 23% - Impairments up 115% #AbsaFinancialResults2020

  Kenya

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  Listed investment company Centum [@CentumPLC] issues a profit warning! Profits for FY ending 31st March 2021 will be 25% lower than the year before.

  Kenya

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  La République du Mali et la Banque Mondiale ont procédé ce mardi 23 mars 2021à la signature d’un accord de financement du Projet dénommé Amélioration de la qualité et des résultats de l'éducation pour tous (MIQRA) ». #Banquemondiale #Mali

  Mali

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  Telecom Egypt raises proposed dividends for 2020

  Egypt

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  Central Bank of Kenya: - Between March 2020 & Feb 2021, 1.7T loans restructured in total (57% of baking sector gross loans) - Over 95% of 569.3B outstanding restructured loans (Feb 2021) were being repaid - Restructured loans have up to June 3rd, 2021 to regularise loans

  Kenya

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  The Central Bank of Kenya on Tuesday announced the extension of the loan repayment measures put in place for bank customers whose loans were performing before 2nd March 2020, for another three months to 3rd June 2021.

  Kenya