Ghana

For so long, so many companies have been mostly interested in Africa for its resources or more recently land. The idea of investing in search of returns from the growing spending power... 2011-11-15

In line with our expectations that Chinese credit will be a key driver of infrastructure growth in Ghana, the country's legislature has started debating the merits of a US3bn Chinese... 2011-08-22

Ghana is moving ahead with plans to upgrade Tamale Airport in northern Ghana and transform it into the country's international aviation hub. According to the available information,... 2011-05-18

While Jubilee will clearly be newly-listed Kosmos' cash cow for years to come, we see bright prospects for further growth as the company expands its activities.

As we expected after Kosmos Energy rejected their US$5bn bid in November 2010 for its stakes in two of Ghana's most prospective offshore oil blocks, the Ghanaian and Chinese state-run... 2011-03-11

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

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

To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger... 2009-07-28

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the German development finance institution DEG have unveiled... 2009-06-10

The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) has confirmed that is has committed EUR118mn (US$167mn) to nine African private equity funds, in a move that once again shows the... 2008-09-10