Market Insight: May 20, 2014


Africa

•  Vodacom to buy Tata’s South African unit
•  DHL Express taps independent shopkeepers to expand into Africa

Nigeria

•  ASI -3bps, $17m
•  Slow start to the week with consumers grinding higher (+43bps)

Kenya

•  NSE20 -60bps, $3.6m
•  Total turnover as well as foreign participation dropped significantly

Botswana

•  DCI +3bps, $23k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +59bps, $134m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +19bps, $5.89m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -1.03%, $1.24m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.38

+1.00

Nigeria

NGN

162.55

-1.38

Kenya

KES

87.73

-1.62

Mauritius

MUR

30.12

-0.23

Botswana

BWP

8.69

-0.59

Tanzania

TZS

1651.00

-3.72

Uganda

UGX

2525.31

+0.07

Rwanda

RWF

681.51

-0.81

Ghana

GHS

2.94

-19.25

BRVM

XOF

478.32

+0.38

Egypt

EGP

7.11

-2.38

Morocco

MAD

8.19

-0.08

Tunisia

TND

1.62

+1.52

contacts
  • Bermuda +1 441 278 7620
  • South Africa +27 11 268 5833