Financing Strategies

CFW View: Sinopec's involvement in the Coega refinery ends PetroSA's long search for a partner to help finance the refinery's construction. Given Coega's location, we expect the refinery... 2012-05-22

CFW believes a new national airline being established in Côte d'Ivoire will help the Africa region maintain its growth in air freight in the coming years, outpacing what has been sluggish... 2012-05-21

The African syndicated loan market continues to sink to new depths. After a slow start to 2012 (see, 'African Y-T-D Syndicated Loan Volume Lowest On Record', March 12 2012), lending... 2012-05-16

Niger's parliament voted on May 2 2012 to nationalise incumbent telecoms operator Sonitel and its mobile arm SahelCom, reports Reuters. The president of the country's national assembly,... 2012-05-04

South Africa-based IT and telecoms infrastructure firm Altech plans to divest its unprofitable West African operations following unsatisfactory bottom-line figures in the group's results... 2012-04-26

CFW View: With the push into emerging markets by pharmaceutical companies and the dangers of importing drugs into the Algerian market well documented, it makes sense that large multinational... 2012-04-25

CFW believes that Aramex's strategy of investing in emerging markets is paying off. This, coupled with strong economic growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has seen the... 2012-04-24

American Tower Company (ATC) is a leading owner and operator of communications sites throughout the Americas, Africa and Asia. Its portfolio totals over 45,000 such sites, which it... 2012-04-16

Mobile market newcomer Airtel has acquired the GSM masts from now defunct mobile operator Rwandatel. The former incumbent had its licence revoked in 2011 and the company's assets... 2012-04-13

CFW View: Despite the strong disease burden, population demographics and macroeconomic factors that favour investment in the UAE's healthcare sector, BMI was not surprised that NMC... 2012-04-03