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African Dev’t Bank issues Aus $500m bond on Kangaroo market
The African Development Bank (“AfDB”) rated (Aaa/AAA) on March 19, 2012 priced a new benchmark Australian Dollar transaction, marking the return of AfDB to the Kangaroo market in over a year.
The A$500 million 10-year fixed rate note due…
AfDB provides $336m financing for clean energy, road infrastructure development in Kenya
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Kenyan government have signed loan and grant agreements totaling $336 million in support of clean energy and road infrastructure development in Kenya.
A statement from the Bank March 16, 2012…
Ecobank Transnational gains to push Ghana stocks up
The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, jumped 7.46 points to 1,035.68 points to end two days of losses up from 1,028.22 points on Wednesday bringing the year-to-date return to6.88…
Ghana Stock Exchange records another fall in second session
The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, slipped 0.8 points to 1,028.22 points for the second straight session down from 1,029.02 points on Tuesday with a year-to-date return of…
Accra Bourse Index slips on losses in four equities
The GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI), the benchmark measure of performance of the Ghana Stock Exchange, slipped 2.1 points to 1,029.02 points from 1,031.12 points at the previous close with a year-to-date return of 6.19 per cent.
The…
Ghana to start corporate bond market
Ghana is making a fresh bid to develop a corporate bond market, reports the Reuters news agency March 1, 2012 citing an adviser to a new government bond development panel.
The panel aims to achieve five listings in the next three years.…
Ghana to partake in Forest Investment Programme pilot country talks in Brazil
Ghana will join Burkina Faso and the DR Congo as well as other countries across the world to participate in the Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) Forest Investment Programme (FIP) in Brasilia, Brazil, for their third annual pilot country…
African Dev’t Bank to issue Education Support Bond to Japanese investors in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB), on February 29, 2012 announced that it will offer an Education Support Bond to Japanese retail investors.
According to the Bank, the bond will be distributed by Tokai Tokyo Securities, Nishimura…
AfDB approves $50m equity investment for US-based Carlyle’s first fund in sub-Saharan Africa
The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an equity investment of $50 million into the Carlyle sub-Saharan Africa Fund, a statement from the Bank March 2, 2012 has said.
“The Carlyle Fund will balance our equity…
African Dev’t Bank’s investment in Ghana rises to $1.5b driven by infrastructure
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says its currently portolio in Ghana comprising 32 operations has a total value of $1.5 billion.
In a statement announcing that 11 Executive Directors of the Bank will visit Ghana from March 3-9, 2012,…