La dette d'infrastructure, une nouvelle classe d'actifs en Afrique pour la zone UEMOA. Jouant un rôle essentiel dans la croissance économique, les infrastructures constituent l'un des défis majeurs de l'Afrique pour la prochaine décennie. Leurs caractéristiques (services essentiels à la collectivité, fortes barrières à l'entrée, revenus prévisibles et récurrents, risques maîtrisés) en font un investissement naturel pour les investisseurs de long terme souhaitant diversifier leurs portefeuilles. Et pourtant. Le constat fait lors du 9ème Forum africain des infrastructures qui s'est tenu à Marrakech en décembre dernier est sans appel : routes, eau, énergie, télécommunications...
Nous estimons le déficit annuel d'investissement à 50 milliards de dollars. Face à l'envergure des projets, et dans un contexte de tension sur les finances publiques des Etats, il est aujourd'hui nécessaire de s'appuyer sur de nouveaux modes de financement innovants pour booster les investissements sur ces secteurs. Mais comment « rapprocher » les investisseurs institutionnels des infrastructures ? Africa’s top hedge fund starts food-focused private-equity - Moneyweb. Fast News Polar Star targets agriculture as food demand outstrips supply. Colin McClelland, Bloomberg / 3 March 2017 12:22 Polar Star Management, which runs one of the best-performing African and Middle East hedge fund over the past five years, plans to start a private-equity unit that will invest in agriculture to exploit rising demand for food.
The Cape Town-based firm plans to use its own money to buy small farms and processing companies in South Africa this year, then increase efficiency through consolidation and better management, said Murray Derksen, a director at Polar Star. It aims to raise R1.5 billion ($115 million) for the fund, which may also buy commodities such as grains, while targeting an internal rate of return of 8% to 12%, he said. Suppressed Prices High stocks of commodities last year suppressed prices and reduced volatility, offering fewer opportunities to profit from mispricing in the hedge fund, Derksen said.
. © 2017 Bloomberg. Fastest-Growing African Economy Has Banks Lining Up to Enter - Bloomberg. Lenders are lining up to set up businesses in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing and most under-banked economies. Now they need the government to let them open their doors. Over the past two years, Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest lender by assets, and KCB Group Ltd., Kenya’s largest lender, have joined the likes Commerzbank AG and Ecobank Transnational Inc. in setting up representative offices in sub-Saharan Africa’s second-most populous country.
The lenders are hoping the government will eventually start granting licenses for fully fledged branches. They’re wagering that the country’s ambitions to join the World Trade Organization, coupled with increasing demand for capital to support the economy, will lead the government to open up an industry closed to investors since a Marxist junta nationalized banks four decades ago. Exciting Market Pan-African lender Ecobank wants to expand its presence in Ethiopia from a representative office to a full banking license. Afreximbank, Ecobank sign MoU on African trade, investment financing - BusinessDay : News you can trust BusinessDay : News you can trust. Afrique: les IDE vers le continent en baisse de 5% en 2016 | Le360 Afrique. #Maroc : En 2016, le continent africain a attiré 51 milliards de dollars d'investissements directs étrangers (IDE). Un niveau en recul de 5% par rapport aux chiffres de 2015. Plusieurs facteurs expliquent cette baisse.
Le volume des investissements directs étrangers (IDE) en Afrique a enregistré un recul de 5% en 2016, selon les données de la CNUCED -Conférence des Nations unies pour le commerce et le développement. Il s’est établi à 51 milliards de dollars à fin 2016, contre 54 milliards de dollars une année auparavant. L’Egypte demeure la première destination des IDE vers le continent. Parmi les destinations qui enregistrent des baisses, on peut citer le Mozambique dont les IDE ont chuté de 11% à 3 milliards de dollars. LIRE AUSSI :CNUCED: l’Afrique a besoin de 600 milliards de dollars par an pour répondre aux Objectifs de développement durable La baisse des IDE vers le continent africain s’explique par une série de facteurs. Fighting Africa’s illicit financial flows: A 14-step guide revealed | Daily Maverick.
All eyes at the AU summit in Addis Ababa this week will be on who is elected to succeed AU Commission Chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. But behind the scenes a group of civil society leaders and policy technocrats will be pushing the continental body and member states to act on an issue just as important to Africa’s future: Illicit financial flows. Last year, Global Financial Integrity President Raymond Baker called IFFs “the ugliest chapter in international affairs since slavery”. An estimated $70-billion, and increasing, leaves Africa each year through illicit outflows. As a percentage of GDP, IFFs in Africa are the highest in the world, with multinational corporations a lead contributor, undermining the effect of foreign direct investment and aid. The 14-step guide, titled Accelerating the IFF Agenda for African Countries, (Full Download) aims to simplify the steps to tackling the scourge.
The new leader of the African Union Commission would do well to take note. What do you think? Africa starting to rely on own financing for infrastructure - WorldNews. Toto - Africa Toto\'s official music video for \'Africa\'. Click to listen to Toto on Spotify: As featured on The Essential Toto. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: GooglePlay: duration 4:35 published 22 May 2013 updated 22 May 2013 views 139666256 Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Song) Shakira\'s official music video for \'Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)\'. Duration 3:31 published 04 Jun 2010 updated 04 Jun 2010 views 1282002520 WILD weather, WILD animals and AWESOME people! We made it to South Africa! Duration 33:46 published 13 Jan 2017 updated 13 Jan 2017 views 14114 Yemi Alade - Africa (Official Video) ft. Duration 4:05 published 05 Jul 2016 updated 05 Jul 2016 views 2258374 8 Deadliest Animals in Africa There are many dangerous and deadly animals to be found in Africa.
ALERT! Breaking News! Home-grown African wealth funds seeking foreign partners to fix infrastructure gap - WorldNews. Toto - Africa Toto\'s official music video for \'Africa\'. Click to listen to Toto on Spotify: As featured on The Essential Toto. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: GooglePlay: duration 4:35 published 22 May 2013 updated 22 May 2013 views 139666256 Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Song) Shakira\'s official music video for \'Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)\'. Duration 3:31 published 04 Jun 2010 updated 04 Jun 2010 views 1282002520 WILD weather, WILD animals and AWESOME people!
We made it to South Africa! Duration 33:46 published 13 Jan 2017 updated 13 Jan 2017 views 14114 Yemi Alade - Africa (Official Video) ft. Duration 4:05 published 05 Jul 2016 updated 05 Jul 2016 views 2258374 8 Deadliest Animals in Africa There are many dangerous and deadly animals to be found in Africa. ALERT! Breaking News! Register to read. ICA 2015 report web finalR. Will Bitcoin find a home in Africa? Now, a Kenyan start up is bringing Africa closer to its biggest investor, China, by letting companies on the continent send payments to the Asian nation which are traded in Bitcoin.
Using BitPesa's website, users in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo can send money directly to bank accounts in China. It's fast and could cut conventional money transfer costs by up to 60%, according to the company. Until now African companies have had limited options for paying their Chinese suppliers in a swift and affordable way, says CEO Elizabeth Rossiello. More than 70% of transactions are made through independent money transfer operators -- who offer an often sluggish but cheaper service on average than post offices, banks or other conventional methods, according to a 2016 report.
"Some companies are even giving cash to a middleman who physically gets on a plane. How it works Take a solar power start up importing their panels from China, for example. Raised $4 million. Mauritius to host Afreximbank structured trade finance training | BizNis Africa. AfDB launches multi-jurisdictional fixed income ETF for Africa. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a seed equity capital investment of USD 25 million into the African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF). The ADBF was conceived as part of the African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI, www.africanbondmarkets.org), dating back to 2008. Its objectives are to contribute to the development of local debt markets in Africa, by strengthening the domestic bond market infrastructure and investing in local currency-denominated debts. The AFMI’s activities are implemented through its two pillars which are the African Financial Markets Database (AFMD) and the African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF).
The ADBF is expected to be a game-changer for the investors’ community to access the African markets. It is structured as an enhanced Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) listed in Mauritius, but will also be listed in other stock exchanges in order to invite other investors to invest in the fund. Africa: Economic Made Simple - Unpacking Illicit Financial Flows in Tip Research Perspectives. By Honest Ngowi Debates and literature on illicit financial flows (IFF) are increasingly many in the recent past. Research projects, seminars, workshops and conferences have been organised at various local and international settings to discuss the matter. Among research projects dealing with various aspects of IFF is the taxation, institutions and participation (TIP) research project. Among the very current international conferences on IFF include the one organised by Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI) of Norway and the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in collaboration with Tax Justice Network - Norway in the city of Bergen Norway on November 21-22 in which the author of this article participated.
On TIP research Funded by the Research Council of Norway, the TIP project investigates some issues. Illicit financial flows The literature on IFFs is very wide and growing. Forms of IFFs The literature and discussions so far have been mainly limited to one form and direction of IFFs. Les Bourses africaines invitées à capter l’épargne populaire (Finafrique Research) Publié à la veille de la 20 ème conférence des Bourses africaines de Kigali, le rapport du cabinet Finafrique intitulé « redynamiser les Bourses africaines » offre un bon plan de travail aux dirigeants des marchés financiers africains. L’étude prend les exemples de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, du centre et de l’Est, soient trois régions qui évoluent en trois vitesses, avec cependant le même contexte: 85% du financement du secteur privé est porté par les banques en dépit d’une libéralisation des taux qui ont porté ceux ci vers des niveaux prohibitifs.
L’étude passe en revue les trois places financières retenues comme échantillon des 24 Bourses du continent. D’abord la Bourse régionale des valeurs mobilières d’Abidjan (BRVM) commune aux 8 pays de l’Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine, avec une progression de son indice composite de 17,7% en 2015, soit la meilleure performance de l’Afrique.
AU & AfDB reach out to private sector for financing. BitPesa Facilitates Payments Between Africa and China – allcoinsnews.com. Businesses in China and Africa can now send instant payments in local currency directly from African bank accounts to Chinese bank accounts using BitPesa’s digital platform. The remittance service BitPesa offers low-cost, instant payments from Nigerian Naira and Ugandan Shillings directly into Chinese Yuan. Businesses can use this facility to make payments for employees, distributors, or suppliers without using cash or the US dollar as a medium for value exchange. According to the World Bank, China-Africa trade increased to more than $170 billion in 2013, however, the cost of sending payments is high and can take days to settle using traditional methods.
BitPesa has reported a rise in transaction activity recently, particularly with global importers and exporters. African importers use BitPesa.co for secure pay-outs to their Chinese suppliers. Similarly, Chinese exporters have recommended the platform to African purchasers, in part due to the built-in settlement automation. African Development Bank Establishes Africa Integrity Fund. La BAD crée un Fonds pour l’intégrité de l’Afrique. En réponse aux défis auxquels sont confrontés les États membres régionaux de la BAD dans le cadre de la lutte contre la corruption, et conformément aux priorités de cette institution, le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé le mercredi 9 novembre 2016 la création du Fonds pour l’intégrité de l’Afrique (FIA).
Ce Fonds, proposé par le Département Intégrité et Lutte contre la corruption (DILC) de la Banque, financera des programmes contribuant à la prévention, à la détection et à la répression de la corruption, ainsi qu’aux investigations. Le Fonds appuiera aussi des mesures de soutien au recouvrement des avoirs volés et à l’atténuation des pertes financières provoquées par les sorties illégales de capitaux des États membres régionaux de la Banque, ce qui renforcera la transparence et la responsabilisation dans le cadre de la gestion des ressources publiques. How Mobile Banking Is Transforming Africa. Imagine you live in a small village in rural Kenya. Your daughter attends university in Nairobi and needs financial support to buy textbooks and pay her rent.
How do you send her money if you, like many Kenyans, don’t have a bank account or internet access? (a) In the U.S., the answer would be simple. In fact, you would have an abundance of options: PayPal, Venmo, online banking, checks, money orders, or good old-fashioned cash. When up to 90% of your population doesn’t have a bank account, how do you bring them into the financial system quickly and easily? “The magic of mobile banking lies in its simplicity and low cost,” said Rosengard. Mobile banking has brought financial services to the masses in Kenya.
Rosengard’s research finds that mobile banking has transformed how Kenyans manage their money. This mobile banking revolution has also created greater financial stability for Kenyan families. This article was produced in consultation with Harvard University’s John F. Afrique subsaharienne : 8 000 nouvelles agences bancaires d'ici 2020. Le nombre des agences y a crû de moitié entre 2007 et 2013, et devrait augmenter de +40 % d'ici 2020, selon la dernière mouture de l'Observatoire bancaire des pays émergents. Une croissance, justifiée par des besoins importants, qui ne sera pas nécessairement monolithique. D’ici 2020, le relai de croissance subsaharien pour les ouvertures d’agences bancaires sera, en proportion, le plus important au monde, à en croire les perspectives tracées par l’Observatoire bancaire des pays émergents, dont la 6e édition a été rendue publique début décembre par le cabinet de conseil français Nouvelles Donnes. Sur l’ensemble du continent, le cabinet a comptabilisé 33 500 agences bancaires en 2014, soit une progression de +47,57 % par rapport aux 22 700 agences recensées en 2007.
Soit une progression de +40 % (à 12 600 agences) en Afrique du Nord et de +52,5 % (à 22 900 agences en Afrique subsaharienne. 3,2 agences pour 100 000 habitants Quel modèle pour les agences bancaires africaines ? Benjamin Polle. LES-listed companies operating in Africa mobilized $26.1bn on the bourse over 10 years - Ecofin Agency. A quoi ressemblera le marché bancaire africain en 2027? (Pré-commande) « La boutique d'AfriqueITNews.com. Franc CFA : des économistes dénoncent "la servitude monétaire" Afreximbank prêt à investir dans le secteur privé.
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Illicit financial flows from Africa hit $70bn in 2015 - Capital Business. Afreximbank approves $83 for African factoring businesses. Lancement de l'Equity CrowdFunding, "L'Afrique finance l'Afrique" Lancement de l'Equity CrowdFunding, "L'Afrique finance l'Afrique" Comment améliorer l’intégration financière en Afrique ? - News du Cameroun - Toute l'information du Cameroun en continu. Africa's debt crisis: Africa’s ticking time bomb: $35 billion worth of Eurobond debt - Business. Colloque : vers une intégration financière en Afrique - News du Cameroun - Toute l'information du Cameroun en continu. Africa’s insurance market a ‘giant waking up’ Tous les projets de la BAD sur MapAfrica 2.0 - Pouvoirs d'Afrique. African countries look at yuan as reserve currency. Assets of Top 100 Banks Ranked by Country [2012 Data] by Country. Mohamed El Kettani (Attijariwafa Bank) : « Il faut permettre aux banques africaines de prêter sur le long terme »
Only seven African countries join Partnership on Illicit Finance, two years after formation. Financial flows of $208b to Africa in 2015 lower than 2014 – African Economic Outlook. African States Unite Against Illicit Cash Flows. Afreximbank raises $750 million after issuing Eurobond - Ecofin Agency. En Afrique, des transferts d’argent de plus en plus connectés. African Countries May Fall Into Debt Trap - AfDB.
Banking security in Africa is reaching a tipping point. Ashburton Investments launches first inflation-linked, green debt investment | BizNis Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa to grow by 3.3% in 2016 - World Bank. Battle for African Banking Supremacy. African Financial Markets Initiative - Your gateway to Africa's bond markets. Bitcoin Crushes Bank Fees in Emerging Economies. Analysis: Africa's petrostates are imploding. Credits to Private Sector by Country [2008 Data] by Country. Untitled. Credits to Private Sector by Country [2008 Data] by Country.
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L’intégration financière en Afrique: encore un long chemin à parcourir! Huge trade finance opportunities in Africa. African IPOs ‘to hit six-year high’ Africa: Firmly on the map | Magazine | IPE RE. Nigeria, S’Africa, Kenya top Africa’s 290 merger deals in 2015. Les prix bas font grimper les risques africains. Are we heading for an African debt crisis? | Business. Africa: Cashless Africa 'achievable through partnerships' - Extensia. African Debt Issuance In 2015 Raised $15.5Bn In Proceeds. Africa emerges as ‘sustainable’ investment market. The world's First Impact Focused Equity Crowdfunding Portal Launches to Fund Pan African Start Ups - African Media Agency. Naija247news - AfDB Creates $300m Facility to Fund African Women Farmers in Agro-Business. La microfinance devrait croître de 15 à 20% en Afrique subsaharienne en 2016, selon ResponsAbility | ECHOSDUMAYOMBE. Africa: Bad Year for African Bourses Prompts Investor Exit.
Les meilleurs ministères de Finance de la zone Franc. AU to assist African states to lower remittances cost | Africatime. Africa: $150 million for climate-related disaster risk insurance. Sharing the risk in Africa. African states mull adopting yuan as forex reserve: Chinese official. Fonds d'investissements pour l'agriculture... - AgriMaroc.ma. Mozambique joins Nigeria, Angola in restricting foreign exchange, wealthy shoppers hit. Africa: The Impact Of 'Currency Wars' In Oil Exports. Mauritius plans derivatives platform in bid for African business - CPAfrica. Conference on Disintermediation of Corporate Financing in Africa | CFCA Casablanca Finance City Authority.
African banks to buy 22% stake in CARE Ratings' Mauritius arm. Mobile banking push will open doors for world’s underbanked | Bankless TimesBankless Times. Banking trends that are shaping Africa. Africa Investor - Ai News. Africa represents opportunity for global insurers, says IISA President. Namibia: Exciting Times for African Asset Managers. African Eurobond Markets | Capital Markets in Africa. African Development Bank Seeks $55 Billion for Energy - Renewable Energy World. Why seed funding for African tech startups is really taking off. Tax collection in Africa rising - The Nation Nigeria.
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