South Africa

South Africa's largest public pension fund, the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), has announced plans to allocate US$4bn to infrastructure development in the country. One of... 2010-07-14

Spurred by multi-million dollar merger and acquisition (M&A) deals involving regional telecommunications powerhouses such as Orascom Telecom Holdings and Zain, the African telecommunications... 2010-05-26

Trading of Trading of Orascom Telecom shares on the London Stock Exchange has been suspended pending an announcement form the Egypt-based company on the future of its African assets,... 2010-04-28

BMI supports the actions of two South African asset management firms who have launched an investment worth over US$400mn aimed at improving agricultural development in South Africa,... 2010-03-31

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

A US-based private equity fund has announced plans to double its investment in the South African housing market by year end, as part of its search for new opportunities across Africa... 2009-08-25

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 news that South African mining major Anglo American had rejected rival mining group Xstrata's proposed 'merger of equals' raises the possibility of counter bids from the biggest... 2009-06-23

After deal talks failed last year, Bharti Airtel of India and MTN Group of South Africa have returned to the deal table. If successful this time around, the two mobile telecoms would... 2009-05-27

UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is planning to purchase a minority 10-25% stake in South Africa's generic pharmaceutical firm Aspen Pharmacare in a move that, if successful, CFW... 2009-04-07