JOHANNESBURG, Jan 21- Africa's biggest pay-TV business Multichoice plans to pay a 2.5 billion rand dividend two years after leaving its parent of three decades- media and e-commerce group Naspers- and pursuing a listing solo in South Africa. Multichoice chief financial officer Tim Jacobs said on Monday the firm would make its first payment to shareholders in...
ANKARA- Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey publishes summary of its monetary policy committee meeting. ACCRA- Central Bank of Ghana holds monetary policy committee meeting. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 PRAGUE- Czech Central Bank Vice-Governor Tomas Nidetzky gives an interview on monetary policy ahead of the February 7 board meeting where the central bankers...
NAIROBI, Jan 17- Kenya's biggest telecoms operator, Safaricom, notched up one million users for its new overdraft feature on the M-Pesa platform in just eight days, surpassing its CEO's expectations, he said on Thursday. Safaricom, part-owned by South Africa's Vodacom and Britain's Vodafone, launched the new overdraft feature called Fuliza on Jan. 7 this year.
Gunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and sending workers diving under desks to escape an attack claimed by Somalia-based Islamist group al Shabaab.
LONDON, Jan 15- Lawyers for Vedanta Resources told England's Supreme Court on Tuesday that a case raised against the mining company by nearly 2,000 Zambian villagers should be heard in Zambia not London. India- listed Vedanta, which delisted from London last year but maintains a legal base in Britain, is appealing a lower court ruling that a case in which...
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 BELGRADE- National Bank of Serbia to unveil interest rate decision- 1100 GMT. BUDAPEST- The National Bank of Hungary to hold a non-rate setting meeting- 1300 GMT. GENEVA- Brazilian Central Bank Governor Ilan Goldfajn speaks at Geneva's International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies on central banking in emerging markets- 1730 GMT.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 WARSAW- National Bank of Poland holds monetary policy council meeting. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 BUDAPEST- Hungarian Central Bank to publish the minutes of its December 2018 rate-setting meeting- 1300 GMT. BUDAPEST- The National Bank of Hungary to hold a non-rate setting meeting- 1300 GMT.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 PRAGUE- Czech National Bank will release the minutes of its December 2018 monetary policy meeting- 0800 GMT. **WARSAW- National Bank of Poland holds monetary policy council meeting. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 BUDAPEST- Hungarian Central Bank to publish the minutes of its December 2018 rate-setting meeting- 1300 GMT.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 PRAGUE- Czech National Bank will release the minutes of its December 2018 monetary policy meeting- 0800 GMT. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 BUDAPEST- Hungarian Central Bank to publish the minutes of its December 2018 rate-setting meeting- 1300 GMT. GENEVA- Brazilian Central Bank Governor Ilan Goldfajn speaks at Geneva's International Centre for...
The money will be used to support the Renewable Energy Performance Platform.
Project will generate more than 450,000 megawatt hours of energy annually.
KIGALI, Nov 23- Rwanda's Bank of Kigali said on Friday its 60 billion francs rights issue was 108 percent subscribed.
*Ethiopian creating hubs in Chad, Malawi and Togo. *Airline is biggest in Africa by fleet size. NAIROBI/ ADDIS ABABA, Nov 23- Ethiopian Airlines is accelerating its strategy of weaving a patchwork of new African routes to soak up traffic on the continent and fly customers towards its more lucrative flights to rapidly expanding Asian markets.
NAIROBI, Nov 9- Kenya and China signed an agreement on Friday allowing the East African country to export various agricultural products to China, a senior Kenyan government official said. Waita said on Twitter the agreement would pave the way for Kenya to start exporting a selection of fruit and vegetables, flowers and meat to China. Like other African nations,...
*Kenya deal boosted sales, Suzuki to expand in Uganda, Tanzania. Africa should be a huge growth market for automakers. But many in Africa cannot afford to buy a vehicle, particularly just for personal use.
NAIROBI, Nov 2- Kenya's Safaricom Plc warned on Friday that steep increases in taxes on mobile telephone and mobile internet access services could slow its momentum in the second half. The company, part-owned by South Africa's Vodacom and Britain's Vodafone, said its core revenue for the first half to the end of September rose 7.7 percent to 118.21 billion...
The new system is set to be finished in 2019.
*Deal would give Rubis an entry into East Africa. NAIROBI, Oct 24- Kenya's Capital Markets Authority said on Wednesday it had begun an investigation into irregular share trades in relation to a takeover offer for KenolKobil by French fuel storage and distribution company Rubis. "Consequently, in connection with these investigations the Authority has...
*Deal would give Rubis an entry into East Africa. NAIROBI, Oct 24- French fuel storage and distribution company Rubis SCA has offered to buy Kenyan oil marketer KenolKobil Ltd to get a toehold in East Africa, the companies said on Wednesday. Rubis, which is active across Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, has purchased nearly a quarter of the shares of KenolKobil on the...
Acacia, which is Tanzania's largest gold miner, is locked in a long-running dispute with the government which has accused the company of tax evasion. After taking office in 2015, President John Magufuli launched an anti-corruption drive and vowed to stamp out tax evasion by multinational companies in Tanzania's mining and telecoms sectors.
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