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  • Africa has been having a rough ride in the capital markets in 2018 — credit spreads are up and local currencies have taken a beating. But Kenny Fihla, chief executive of Standard Bank CIB, says opportunities abound for banks, risks can be mitigated and the continent is only getting more attractive for Asian investors. He spoke to GlobalCapital’s emerging markets editor Francesca Young and people and markets reporter Nell Mackenzie.
  • First Bank of Nigeria is buying back $300m of its outstanding subordinated bonds.
  • Benin is one step closer to issuing a planned Eurobond after Standard & Poor’s gave it a B+ foreign currency sovereign credit rating on Friday. The West African issuer had sent out a request for proposals (RFP) for a bond back in April.
  • Creditors to retailer Steinhoff have agreed to give the scandal-hit company an extra three weeks to provide a debt restructuring plan, two days after the company said it would not be able to hammer out a deal in time for the initial June 30 deadline.
  • Scandal-hit retailer Steinhoff International Holdings has asked its creditors for a three week extension to hammer out the final terms of a multi-billion euro debt restructuring.
  • Nigeria’s Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals has taken $1bn in debt financing, in the second use of the International Finance Corporation’s Managed Co-Lending Portfolio Programme in a week.