Zambia

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... 2011-11-07

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... 2011-10-07

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... 2011-02-15

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 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... 2008-12-10

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... 2008-10-22

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

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