IPO And Privatisation Analysis

Rwanda plans to sell incumbent operator Rwandatel by the end of 2011 following the recommendation of a government-appointed administrator and a court ruling in July 2011 ordering the... 2011-07-26

Private-equity backed explorer Kosmos Energy, the holder of a major stake in Ghana's Jubilee field, announced on January 14 that it will offer up to US$500mn of its shares in an initial... 2011-01-19

Iraqi Kurdistan-focused Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) is looking to move from London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to the London Stock Exchange (LSE)'s main market.

As South Africa's IPO market continues to liven up after a fairly barren 2009, one of its largest branded consumer goods companies Clover has announced plans to list on the Johannesburg... 2010-11-23

Incumbent fixed-line and broadband operator Tunisie Telecom is expected to list its shares on the Tunis stock exchange as well as a European bourse before the end of 2010. The... 2010-10-27

Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has received government approval to sell former state-owned fixed-line monopoly NITEL to New Generation Telecommunications, a consortium... 2010-10-14

Kuwait-based independent Kuwait Energy intends to launch an initial public offering (IPO) within the next nine months, the company said on October 10 2010.

The Mozambican government is considering the partial privatisation its wholly owned incumbent operator Moçambique Celular (mCel). It is also reviewing bids from three shortlisted companies... 2010-09-01

The final stage of financial bidding in the privatisation of Nigerian telecoms incumbent Nitel is to open on February 16 2010. The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said that... 2010-02-10

Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest.... 2009-10-14