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Anyone who wants to can access the continent's market
Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion
The country has vast potential, but governance and conflict in the east are the two big headwinds
Ivory Coast squeezed tight, taking $1.3bn in an 'aggressive' execution
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African Export-Import Bank, the multilateral bank headquartered in Cairo, has provided a term loan to OCP Group, a Moroccan phosphate miner and fertiliser producer. -
Green bond issuance is set to blossom in Africa — at least, that is the hope of FSD Africa, an organisation in Kenya that has agreed to cooperate with a group of stock exchanges to foster the market in 16 of the continent's countries. Substantial deals are expected from Kenya and Malawi in the coming months.
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Helios Towers, the Africa-focused telecoms infrastructure company, has sold a new $250m convertible bond to finance its pipeline of tower assets.
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Most debt repayment strains in emerging markets have been contained, according to the Institute of International Finance, but there are still concerns about the organisation of debt relief and debt sustainability.
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The IMF and Zambia will continue their negotiations about a package to put the country on a path to financial stability, the Fund said on Thursday, after the deadline for initial talks had passed the day before with no deal agreed. But market participants are still demanding more transparency over the defaulted sovereign's external debts.
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South Africa is set to come to the market for a dollar bond, despite rising US Treasury yields unsettling bond investors. High yielding emerging markets borrowers are insulated from the volatility in the US govvie market for now, market participants said.
