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  • Two well subscribed efforts from Nigeria this year have reinvigorated interest in the sovereign’s growth story, and Zenith Bank will be hoping to tap into this demand as it creates a benchmark for financial issuance from the region.
  • A sell-off of shares in Sibanye Gold, one of the largest South African gold mining companies, entered its second day on Friday after the company unveiled terms for a highly dilutive R13.5bn ($1bn) rights issue on Thursday morning.
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    What, on Wednesday, seemed to be primary capital markets gung-ho for any deal imaginable by Thursday looked more like a market on the skids as concerns intensified over the endless controversies dogging US president Donald Trump’s administration.
  • South Africa’s Nedbank signed a $450m syndicated loan in an oversubscribed deal on Tuesday, adding to the rising trend of emerging markets borrowers turning to Asian banks for capital.
  • Senegal was fully rewarded for embarking on an extensive roadshow with a blowout trade on May 16, which not only repriced its own curve, but helped to reduce the borrowing costs of its peers.
  • Emerging markets bond bankers can think of nothing to derail the ongoing bull-run and while this might point to hubris, this week’s trades have given no indication of fatigue.