Africa Bonds
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South Africa made its largest ever trip to capital markets on Monday, raising $5bn across two tranches. However, the size may have been too ambitious as the bonds suffered early in the secondary market. Although they have since recovered, some investors may be deterred from jumping into the rest of the week’s slew of deals. -
South Africa is back in capital markets for the first time in over a year and the first time since its ratings were placed on negative outlook by Fitch.
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The African Export-Import Bank sold its $750m 10 year bond on Tuesday from a book of around $3.35bn, with recent low supply from African issuers having helped drive demand for the deal.
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IHS, the Nigerian telecom towers group, hit screens on Wednesday for a dual tranche bond. It received strong demand and the leads were able to tighten the spread and add an extra $300m to the longer tranche.
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IHS, a telecoms provider based in Nigeria, hit screens on Tuesday for a dual tranche bond. The proceeds will go to finance a tender offer of the issuer’s outstanding paper.
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African Export-Import Bank has mandated banks for a Reg S/144A dollar five to 10 year bond with a deal that could be twice as long as its last outing. It well test investor appetite for the deal next week.
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IHS, an African telecoms provider, is returning to the bond market to take advantage of excellent market conditions and refinance its outstanding 2021 bond.
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The dual currency $303m-equivalent loan, which marks Africa Export-Import Bank's (Afreximbank) second entry into the market, is the largest ever Samurai loan raised by an African issuer.
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The Republic of Mozambique has released a consent solicitation for its outstanding $726.5m 10.5% 2023s, which a bondholder group representing 68% of the notes has said they will accept, hoping that this will draw a line under the Ematum tuna bonds saga that has plagued the country since their issue in 2013.
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