Market Insight: February 28, 2012


Africa

•  Derba Group, owned by Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, to invest $3.4bn in Ethiopia in 5 years
•  Uganda planning partnership with IBI on Uranium
•  Uganda Central Bank says economic growth may slow to 4% in 2011-12

Nigeria

•  ASI -57bps, $16.8mill. Reversal in banking with sector down 89bps

Kenya

•  NSE20 +30bps, $1.8mill. Safcom -3.23%, closing at KES3.00 with foreign activity high on the counter
•  - BAT Kenya plans to raise capital expenditure to boost production

Botswana

•  DCI unch, $41k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -97bps, $76mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -11bps, $937k

South Africa

•  Top40 -1.31%, $1.11bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +46bps, $404k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +31bps, Mining +2.21%, $723k
 

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