Africa

  ROUNDUP: AFRICA   By Antonio Guerrero   Government incentives are paying off for Zambia's copper sector, with output expected to surpass 740,000 tons this year for the first time, pushing it above the record highs of the early 1970s. ...

ANGOLA: ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY   By Dan Keeler   Ravaged by a 27-year civil war and buffeted by the recent global financial crisis, Angola has suffered more than its fair share of challenges. Undaunted, its leaders are striving ...

NEWSMAKERS: SOUTHERN SUDAN   By Justin Keay   Sudan, the largest country in Africa and the Arab World—and the tenth largest in the world—is about to get a good deal smaller.   Bold move: Voters decide Southern Sudan's future Preliminary ...

LIBYA: OPENING UP   By Justin Keay   As its economy slowly becomes more open, Libya is attracting the attention of a wider range of potential investors than just adventurous oil companies.   In the old days of the Soviet ...

ROUNDUP: AFRICA   By Antonio Guerrero   Electricity goes private Nigeria requires annual investments of up to $10 billion to tackle its infrastructure deficit, according to government officials in Abuja. Much of the investment would be focused on meeting the ...

Global Finance ranks the 10 Biggest Banks in Africa NEW YORK, December 6, 2010 — As the world's key emerging markets continue to drive the global economy out of recession, Global Finance unveils its third annual Global Finance 200, the ...

ROUNDUP   By Antonio Guerrero   Good to go: Tullow resolves dispute over Uganda's oil fields Uganda moved closer to becoming an oil producer after UK-based Tullow Oil reached an agreement with the government over a tax dispute. Tullow, which ...

COVER STORY: SEA CHANGE   By Jonathan Gregson   Africa's economic prospects have never been better.   Fifty years after British prime minister Harold Macmillan spoke of a wind of change sweeping across the African continent, the sort of development ...

COVER STORY: KENYA – REBIRTH OF A NATION   By Dan Keeler   With a new constitution, bold economic targets and an ambitious social development strategy, Kenya is determined to become the new star of Africa. All the signs so ...

ROUNDUP   By Antonio Guerrero   Ghana’s mining sector gets a funding boost from China Ghana has become the leading recipient in sub-Saharan Africa of Chinese infrastructure financing, giving China unrivaled access to the country's commodities sector. Ghana signed a ...

NEWSMAKERS: SOUTH AFRICA   By Nick Kochan   Johannesburg: Setback after HSBC pull-out HSBC's decision to walk away from its proposed $8 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in South African bank Nedbank is little short of dramatic. Having announced ...

Roundup   By Antonio Guerrero   Foreign ownership of mines in Zimbabwe challenged by law Zimbabwe's government is continuing its campaign against foreign ownership, insisting that businesses with assets of more than $500,000 must be 51%-owned by black Zimbabweans within ...

ROUNDUP   By Antonio Guerrero   Uneasy balance: Mugabe (right) and Tsvangirai still have issues with power sharing South Africa's state-owned development lender Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) plans to issue bonds and sell an estimated $3.6 billion worth of its ...

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: AFRICA   By Nick Kochan   Africa's banks are looking to forge new links as they seek to expand across the continent.   The African banking industry has emerged from the global financial crisis largely intact ...

ROUNDUP   By Antonio Guerrero   Front right: Corruption fighter Goodluck Jonathan Flushed with confidence after its peaceful referendum on a new constitution, Kenya plans to issue $390 million of infrastructure bonds, the government’s fourth such issue. The bonds will ...

KENYA   By Dan Keeler   Kenya’s Olkaria II geothermal plant generates 70MW Kenya’s government is looking for a strategic investor to buy 19% of the country’s principal electricity supplier, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen). Eddy Njoroge, KenGen’s managing ...

Global Finance names the World's Best Internet Banks in Middle East/Africa 2010 NEW YORK, July 26, 2010 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the "World's Best Internet Banks" competition in Middle East/Africa. This is the 11th ...

ROUNDUP   By Antonio Guerrero   The African Development Bank (AfDB), which plans to increase its capital base to $100 billion, launched a $600 million fund to strengthen African banks. The fund was created through a partnership with the European ...

Emerging Markets Investor: Company to watch   By Gordon Platt   Sasol is a prime example of a successful multinational company based in South Africa, where it mines coal to provide the raw material to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals. ...

REGIONAL REPORT: REGIONAL RESURGENCE   A flurry of bond issues illustrates the growing confidence west Africa’s nations have in their economic and political futures. Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire are leading the way.   By Nick Kochan   The contrasts in ...