Kenya

CFW View: Development financing is often highly conditional on a number of compliance issues. While this ensures projects are carried out in a sustainable way, it has slowed down the... 2011-04-28

Africa Oil's expansion strategy has made it an attractive pure play on the high-risk but potentially high-reward East African oil frontier .

In the view of BMI's pharmaceutical desk historical underinvestment in the Kenyan healthcare sector and its high growth forecast - driven by strong demographics, increased healthcare... 2011-01-18

Diageo's core East Africa-region subsidiary East African Breweries Limited (EABL) is to sell 10% of a 20% equity stake it holds in SABMiller's Tanzanian operation Tanzania Breweries... 2010-10-12

African explorer Afren has significantly expanded its geographical spread after agreeing to buy Canada-based Black Marlin for US$101mn on June 2.

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

Kenya's Equity Bank, one of the country's seven dominant banks, has acquired local player Juanco Investment Bank in a bid to increase its role in the retail investment sector. Although... 2009-02-04

Kenya's Co-operative Bank is to press on with its initial public offering (IPO) despite the slump in the Nairobi bourse (NSE). The bank, the country's fifth-largest, plans to go public... 2008-10-29

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