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Regional Integration Essential to Africa's Growth and Development, Says Carl Bildt

Africa's growing economy can accommodate partnerships with developed and emerging economies
New partnerships are based on market forces, not colonialism; but foreign investors should help build more local skills capacity
May 10, 2013--Regional integration within Africa and the continent's integration with developed economies are essential to its growth and development, Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, told a Bloomberg televised session on Africa's Global Partnerships at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town today.

Mario Machungo, Chairman, Millennium BIM, Mozambique, said regional integration would allow countries to be united in their dealings with international partners and small and medium-sized companies to flourish. Commenting on the large gas reserves discovered off the Mozambique coast, he said he believes the find has focused the country’s attention on the need to take control of its own destiny and not take direction “from outside”.

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Source: World Economic Forum (WEF)


World Economic Forum on Africa Closes with Call for Action

The question is no longer "if" Africa will grow, but "how" it will grow
Building on recent growth ideally means investing in human capital and economic diversification
May 10, 2013--Calling for investment to consolidate and make more inclusive recent African growth, leaders from across the continent gathered to close the 2013 World Economic Forum on Africa.

"We’ve had a couple of days of very exciting conversations about what is happening on the continent," said Eric Kacou, Co-Founder, Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESPartners), USA, a Young Global Leader and Member of the Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship. "I think in Africa we are in the middle of a metamorphosis,” he said. “People are just starting to recognize there is potential."

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Source: World Economic Forum (WEF)


Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa Building Momentum in a Multi-Speed World

May 10, 2013--Growth remained strong in the region in 2012, with regional GDP rates increasing in most countries (excluding Nigeria and South Africa). Projections point to a moderate, broad-based acceleration in growth to around 5½ percent in 2013-14, reflecting a gradually strengthening global economy and robust domestic demand.

Investment in export-oriented sectors remains an important economic driver, and an agriculture rebound in drought-affected areas will also help growth. Uncertainties in the global economy are the main risk to the region’s outlook, but plausible adverse shocks would likely not have a large effect on the region’s overall performance.

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Source: IMF


Global Board of Trade launches Contract for Difference

May 9, 2013--The Global Board of Trade (GBOT), the first international multi-asset bourse from Mauritius, has successfully launched Contracts for Difference (CFDs).

Contract for Difference (CFD) means a standardised derivative traded on GBOT, where a buyer and a seller agree to exchange the difference in value of a particular underlying between the time when the Contract is opened and when it is closed.

The launch of CFDs on GBOT Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in Mauritius, makes it the first exchange in Africa and second in the world to introduce CFDs.

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Source: Ghana Business News


Gold shares lead JSE rally

May 9, 2013--The JSE powered to a multi-week high on Thursday, more than offsetting last month's wobble in the benchmark index, amid a generally positive global market backdrop.

At 12:29‚ the JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index was up 0.35% 40 597.31‚ lifted by bargain hunting in gold stocks‚ with the index up 2.03%. The top 40 blue chip index garnered 0.37%.

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Source: FIN24


Bonds firm despite bad switch auction

May 9, 2013--The South African bond market was firm in midday trade on Thursday despite a disappointing switch auction earlier.

The National Treasury offered to switch up to R5bn R201 bonds for R186 bonds on a cash for cash basis‚ but received bids worth only R1.12bn and actually switched only R620m.

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Source: FIN24


Stronger gold, platinum prices buoy JSE

May 8, 2013--The JSE closed significantly stronger on Wednesday on higher gold and platinum prices, while gains in large-cap industrials pushed the all share index to its highest level in more than six weeks.

“This morning we took direction from the Chinese trade data which came out stronger than expected which lent significant impetus to the resource sector‚” said Mohammed Nalla‚ head of strategic research for global markets at Nedbank Capital.

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Source: FIN24


Rand on back foot, bonds weaker

May 8, 2013--The rand edged lower against the dollar on Wednesday as investors continued to price in the possibility of an interest rate cut this year.

The rand was at R9.0340/$ at 08:31, down slightly from its close in New York on Tuesday.

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Source: FIN24


Boom Time for African Bonds

May 8, 2013--"Risk premia across the world are getting repriced," says Larry Seruma, chief investment officer of Nile Capital Management, which invests in Africa.

"You have too much money searching for yield, and as safe assets become scarce in the developed world the money has ultimately started to flow to Africa." .

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Source: Moneywatchafrica.com


Foreign Investors Appetite for Nigerian Bonds Grows

May 7, 2013--Nigeria and some other African countries are expected to sell debt instruments at about $7 billion this year, higher than the combined amount sold in the past five years.

With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasting growth in sub-Saharan Africa to outpace all regions except emerging Asia this year, Nigeria, Kenya and six other countries in the continent have either sold or are planning to offer record amounts of bonds overseas.

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Source: This Day Live


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