AIF Issue 34 | Good Governance Africa

After Qaddafi

by Mary Fitzgerald | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Libya: turmoil and civil war The tiny Libyan bourse faces an uphill battle to become a player By...

A low blow, or high-minded?

by Mark Kapchanga | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Kenya: rich tax Kenya’s market quarrels with government over the reintroduction of a levy on...

Delusions of grandeur

by David Himbara | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Rwanda’s fledgling capital market Rwanda aspires to a Singapore-like role in Africa, but is all the excitement about its new stock exchange justified? By David Himbara Rwanda has acquired a reputation of a rags-to-riches nation....

Slow times in Casablanca

by Celeste Hicks | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Morocco’s old-school stock exchange Hopes rose this year that a large initial public offering would rejuvenate one of Africa’s oldest bourses, but a lack of reform is constraining trading By Celeste Hicks Hopes rose earlier this...

Stock in the past

by Ini Ekott | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Nigeria: short cuts Nigeria’s hope of reforming its capital market using a new corporate...

A long and potholed road

by Richard Jurgens | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Sustainable stock exchanges Markets around the world are adopting the environmental, social and...

Inside Ethiopia’s commodities pit

by Simon Allison | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Ethiopia: brisk trading in coffee, sesame and white pea beans How cash-strapped farmers get their goods to market quickly and at a fair, transparent price By Simon Allison In a small, tidy office on the top floor of the...

Trust or bust

by Nontobeko Mtshali | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Diaspora bonds: alternative financing Poor African countries can tap into their rich expatriates’...

Will it ever?

by Louise Redvers | Dec 6, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Angola: out of stock Sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest economy still does not have a stock...

Huge potential, wrong time?

by Jade Davenport | Dec 5, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Mineral continent African mining development is challenged by a shortage of investment funding By...

Mercurial market

by Kristen McTighe | Dec 5, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

Egypt: ups and downs Political instability and unclear policies rock Egypt’s bourse By Kristen...

Rising stock

by Simon Allison | Dec 5, 2019 | Africa in Fact, AIF Issue 34 | 0 |

African capital markets While investor interest in the continent’s stock exchanges rises, liquidity and other regulations restrain this growth By Simon Allison Ironically, Africa’s chronic economic underdevelopment may now be...