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Quick summary table displaying the performance of all the African Stock Exchanges and African currencies on a WTD and YTD basis. Summaries of the keys markets and relevant economic and corporate news.
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• Egyptian economic summit scheduled for 21 February
• IMF to participate in Egypt's economic summit: Lagarde
• Egypt business activity grows at near-record pace in September
• Egypt to sign trade deal with Kuwait in November
• Egypt consumer inflation fell to 11.1 pct in September
• Egypt's foreign reserves up in September to $16.872 bln
• Egypt main index continues slide on Thursday
• Access Bank secures US$40m from Proparco, FMO
• FirstBank Expands African Footprint, Launches FBN Bank Ghana
• The State of the Ghanaian Economy Report launched
• Illegal mining killing cocoa farms
• Kenya's Wananchi Group raises $130 mln for expansion
• Kenya's KenGen seeks joint venture partners for geothermal plants
• Britam loses Sh20bn deal to former staff
• Safaricom, Airtel bid for Essar's Kenya assets seen finalised soon
• Equity restores M-Pesa services after two-day outage
• Economy set for growth despite tourism lull and security threats
• CIC Insurance nets Sh5bn in oversubscribed issue
• M-Pesa beats 34 banks in global cash transfers list
• Kenya to auction 12-year bond worth to 15 bln shillings in October
• Kenya Sells Bonds to Meet $4 Billion Transport, Power Needs
• Kenya shilling dips in quiet morning trade, may gain next week
• Skye Bank picked as buyer for Nigeria's nationalised lender Mainstreet
• Nigerian banks profits to drop in 2015, says Fitch
• Where Access Bank intends to channel N68bn rights issue
• Nigeria's Access Bank 9-mo profit rises 20 pct
• Skye Bank Pays 20% of Mainstreet Bank's Bid Price
• Nigerian Economy Records Inflow of $5bn from Local Content
• International investors embrace Nigeria on back of rising profile
• Offshore Investments in Nigerias Fixed Income Market Hit $13.5bn
• World Bank Predicts over 5% GDP Growth for Nigeria, Others in 2015/16
• Tanzania Q2 2014 yr/yr GDP growth slows to 6.9 pct
• Tanzania says power link to Kenya, Zambia to be completed next year
• Tanzania arabica coffee prices rise on export demand
• Tanzania inflation eases on slowing food price rises
• Zambia considers simpler tax for miners as VAT row simmers
• Meikles to inject $4m into retail division
• Art Corporation Could Delist
• Afdis commissions $5m cider packaging plant
• Zimbabwe's Metallon targets 500,000 oz gold output in 5 yea
• 'Zimbabweans highest taxed'
• Liquidity crunch result of negative trade balance
• Afreximbank lends Zim over $500 million annually
• $2 million bond for MFIs
• Collapsed banks yet to compensate depositors
• Zim Industrial Decline Continues
• Zimbabwe Stock exchange indices on a nosedive
• Government secures AfDB $1,3m for transport