Zambia
Finance
Zambia has been growing strongly for SABMiller in recent years. According to the company, consumption was up by about 15% in 2010 and has continued to do well so far in 2011, which...
2011-11-07Finance
Zambia's new president, Michael Sata, who took office in late September 2011, has started implementing some pre-election campaign promises, including investigating the sale of government...
2011-10-07Finance
On February 14 2011 the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) rejected a move by Bharti Airtel to delist Airtel Zambia, trading as Celtel Zambia on the LuSE, but did not give a reason. BMI is...
2011-02-15Finance
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...
2008-07-17
