Zambia
Finance
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....
2009-10-14Finance
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...
2009-07-28Finance
The Zambian government has announced plans to part-privatise Zambia's incumbent operator, Zamtel, within the next few months. An evaluation of the company's assets and liabilities...
2008-12-10Finance
Gemfields Resources, an arm of private equity group Pallinghurst Resources, is still after a controlling stake in TanzaniteOne. On October 21 Gemfields made a second bid for the Tanzania-based...
2008-10-22Finance
The Market Vectors Africa Index Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) was launched on July 14 by New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global. The new ETF is the latest way for investors to tap...
2008-07-17Finance
Turkey's first major privatisation of the year was completed in late February with British American Tobacco (BAT) winning the bid for cigarette firm Tekel Sigara. BAT was the sole...
2008-02-26
