Economics, Policy & Regulation
POWERING UP GROWTH
AFRICA 2014 | INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
From power plants and mining to tourism and railroads, new infrastructure projects are stimulating the growth of industries across sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
STOCK EXCHANGE TO SCRAP FOREIGN OWNERSHIP LIMIT
MILESTONES | TANZANIA<br />
Plans by Tanzania’s Capital Markets and Securities Authority to dispense with the 60% foreign ownership limit in stocks listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange could bring positive results in the short and medium term for Africa’s capital markets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
UNLOCKING AFRICA’S RICHES
AFRICA 2014 | MINING<br />
Africa’s mining industry is on the verge of breaching limits historically imposed by political risk constraints.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
CAN GHANA AFFORD IMF CONDITIONS FOR LOAN?
GHANA<br />
The world’s second-largest producer of cocoa, is expected to ask the International Monetary Fund for help.
Country Report
MENDING EGYPT’S DAMAGED ECONOMY
COUNTRY REPORT | EGYPT<br />
Pressure is building on Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to deliver economic gains. Falling investment and a sharp drop in tourist arrivals have weakened growth over the past three years. But a rapid return to pre-2011 expansion levels appears unlikely.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MOROCCO: STABLE, AND WELL-SITUATED
FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT | MOROCCO<br />
Morocco boasts solid outward FDI, geopolitical stability and proximity to key markets, but corruption is commonplace.
Banking
ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS
<u>DEAR READER</u><br />
Geopolitical instability seems to be everywhere these days, whether we look to North Africa and the Middle East or Eastern Europe, to Southern Asia or Southeast Asia, and it weighs on financial markets and policymakers worldwide.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MALAWI: NEW PRESIDENT BLESSING IN DISGUISE FOR FOREIGN DONORS
MALAWI<br />
A struggling economy and widespread corruption are but a few of the challenges new Malawian president Peter Mutharika will face during his five-year mandate.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
NIGERIA: LIGHTING UP THE POWER SECTOR
COUNTRY REPORT | NIGERIA<br />
Nigeria lacks one key element for stellar growth: a power sector commensurate with its prospects.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RECORD KENYAN BOND WHETS APPETITE FOR AFRICAN DEBT
FINANCE & CAPITAL | TRENDS: SOVEREIGN DEBT
Banking
SALON: EBENEZER ESSOKA, STANDARD CHARTERED
Ebenezer Essoka, a native of Cameroon, is vice chair for Africa at Standard Chartered. He sat down with Global Finance to discuss African trade and the need for African policymakers to ensure that foreign investment deals are in the best interest of all stakeholders.<br />
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood – Terrorists?
Egypt's PresidentEl-Sisi may have made his job a lot tougher by branding the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.