Deal of the day: South African steel group BSI acquires steel merchant Staalbeer
By Thomas Williams of mergermarket A little over a month ago South African steel stockist and bulk trader BSI’s chairman and founder Williams Battershill was strongly hinting to mergermarket of a deal...
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Deal of the day: Trafigura spends $296m on petrol for Africa
What’s fuelling Africa’s economic growth? Well, it’s fuel, partly. Whether you’re talking shipments of commodities overseas, or imported goods being snapped up by middle class Africans, the stuff...
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Guest post: African regulators get to grips with mergers and acquisitions
By Andrew Cadman and Bridgett Majola There has recently been a great deal of hype regarding the opportunity that Africa presents to foreign investors seeking high returns no longer available in more...
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Namibia: first “Springbok” bond?
It might be a small issue, but it’s a first: Namibia has issued a $96m bond denominated in South African rand, the first such bond issued by another sovereign. The question is – what to call...
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Low uranium prices take toll on African exploration
Shares in Paladin rose after the miner announced the sale of a 25 per cent stake in its Namibia uranium mine to the China National Nuclear Corporation. The deal was partly about cutting debt at the...
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Namibia: Africa’s next big oil frontier?
Namibia has until recently been largely overlooked by the oil majors. A spate of farm-in agreements over the last six months suggests that this is changing. International oil companies are keen to...
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