Nigeria
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Many of the region’s states that have market access feel little need to issue new bonds
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Eager investors appear willing to ignore hawkish signs with more borrowers likely to contemplate bonds
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Analysts say the short-term risk of Nigeria falling into debt distress is low
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Africa sovereign spreads hit hard despite oil price surge
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Angola offered less premium to investors than Nigeria did last month
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African sovereign was one of two issuers to revive CEEMEA bond supply following the invasion of Ukraine
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Bankers had suggested any dovish tilt from the Fed would lead to new EM issues
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Nigerian state-owned bank took more than €1bn of orders on maiden visit to bond market
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Nigerian debutant takes rare euro path as EM primary market brightens
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State-owned Nigerian issuer takes less travelled route in first visit to bond market
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African infrastructure investor widened its lender pool and secured a tight spread on new loan
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CBoM follows Nigeria and Egypt in trading below reoffer as US Treasuries sell off
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Nigeria took a bold step on Tuesday, bringing three tranches of dollar paper to a turbulent market
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Market participants are preparing for an imminent trade from Nigeria, after the government confirmed it was eyeing a September bond
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Bond market participants are eagerly anticipating a trade from Nigeria in the coming weeks, which would be the seventh sub-Saharan African sovereign new issue since the start of the year, with issuers making the most of the hunger for high yielding credits.
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Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company Seplat Petroleum entered the international bond markets on Thursday seeking to raise dollar funding. As primary issuance re-starts in the CEEMEA region, Seplat is one of a few high yielding names testing the temperature.
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A number of sub-Saharan African sovereigns are eyeing the Eurobond market, after a year that saw dismally low levels of capital markets issuance from the region. But investors are still on the hunt for yield, market participants say, which can be found in abundance in Africa.
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Ecobank Nigeria, part of the pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational, was set to raise dollar debt in the bond market on Wednesday, underscoring investors' appetite for exposure to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ecobank Nigeria, a member of the pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational, has mandated banks to arrange a dollar bond after a hiatus from the market.
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Nigeria’s Bank of Industry, which is majority state-owned, has raised a $1bn syndicated loan in one of the rare sparks of emerging market loan activity over the last 12 months. After a disappointing year, bankers are longing for a return to pre-Covid issuance volumes.
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First Bank of Nigeria became the first African bank to print a eurobond in 2020 on Tuesday, raising $350m despite a turbulent backdrop in Nigeria.
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Africa Finance Corp, the pan-African development finance institution, printed its first green bond on Monday – the first in Swiss francs from a CEEMEA supranational.
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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the pan-African development finance institution, has held investor calls ahead of its first green bond issue that Swiss franc bankers expect to launch next week.
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The Africa Finance Corporation, the pan-African development finance institution (DFI), has mandated a pair of banks to lead its first ever green bond issue, which it will sell publicly into the Swiss franc market.
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Gillmann to join Barclays for logistics — Citi picks new Nigeria head — Charles, Habeck hired by Greensill
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Ireti Samuel-Ogbu will replace Akin Dawodu as Citigroup's country officer for Nigeria.
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has raised a financing package, backed by multilateral lenders, commercial banks and oil trading companies.
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The Africa Finance Corp, the Nigeria-headquartered multilateral development bank, has issued its first Eurobond of 2020, winning three times oversubscription.
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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the Nigeria-based multilateral development bank (MDBs), has emerged at the forefront of regional coronavirus rescue efforts, providing financing for emergency hospitals, medical aid and more. As Africa finds itself at the centre of global calls for emergency financing and debt relief, the AFC’s chief executive, Samaila Zubairu, talks to GlobalCapital about the bank’s response to the crisis, how its own fundraising plans have been affected, and the future of Chinese capital in the region.
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Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, is the latest emerging market to approach international financing institutions for help to deal with Covid-19.
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Stanbic IBTC Holdings, the Nigerian subsidiary of Standard Bank, has raised a loan of $150m from a consortium of international lenders, according to bankers. A number of African banks have come to market over the last 12 months, defying economic and country-specific risks to achieve attractive terms on their financing, a trend that is likely to continue.
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A popular frontier market trade in Nigerian open market operations (OMOs), central bank securities, has been faltering on the back of local currency depreciation, which if deepened will force foreign market participants to consider eating into their returns with an FX hedge.
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Renaissance Capital has added to its Nigerian investment banking team. The Russian bank continues to expand its offering on the African continent.
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Mann+Hummel struggles in Schuldschein market amid splurge in auto trades — Bureau Veritas returns to USPP market — Seplat turns to loans for Eland buy — Endava swaps to syndicated sterling borrowing — Bravida refis revolver, eyes more buys