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		<title>Aureos Africa makes another $10 mln investment in Nigeria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Aureos Africa Fund, which closed its fundraising in January with US$381 million, has completed a $10 mln investment in a leading Nigerian leasing company, C&#038;I Leasing Plc. The fund is believed to be the largest fund ever to focus on investing in small to mid-sized businesses across Africa.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/334/aureos-africa-makes-another-10-mln-investment-in-nigeria/</link>
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		<title>Botswana finished $722 mln bonds issuance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government of Botswana has ended its P5 billion (US$722 million) bond issuance programme with an oversubscribed auction by the Bank of Botswana last Friday, 5 March, including introducing a 15-year bond.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/327/botswana-finished-722-mln-bonds-issuance/</link>
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		<title>Nairobi SE members approve demutualization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The members and directors of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (www.nse.co.ke) have approved  the demutualization of the Nairobi Stock Exchange, subject to enactment of requisite laws that will provide the legal framework.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/325/nairobi-se-members-approve-demutualization/</link>
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		<title>Upgraded website and African investing newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The website www.africaniscool.com has been upgraded with a newsletter. According to CEO Rob Stangroom: “Our newsletter contains mostly original content and is targeted at investors, regulators and listed companies in Africa. Our goal is to increase awareness of issues related to online shareholder communications."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/323/upgraded-website-and-african-investing-newsletter/</link>
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		<title>Wilderness Safaris public offer aims for BSE and JSE Africa Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservation tourism pioneer Wilderness Safaris is aiming for a primary listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange (www.bse.co.bw) and a simultaneous secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's Africa Board on 8 April. The company's Botswana and South Africa share offers are set to close on 26 March.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/321/wilderness-safaris-public-offer-aims-for-bse-and-jse-africa-board/</link>
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		<title>Imara Holdings on expansion path</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imara Holdings Ltd, an investment banking and asset management group with operations in 10 countries mostly in southern Africa, aims to expand in Zimbabwe, according to Zimbabwe’s Herald newspaper.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/319/imara-holdings-on-expansion-path/</link>
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		<title>Travels in Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the lack of postings, currently travelling in Ethiopia, normal service should resume next week..
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		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/318/travels-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>Meeting to form body for African commodities exchanges and ECX launches speciality trading system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopian Commodity Exchange hosted a meeting to form a body for African commodities exchanges and launches speciality trading system, currently trading speciality high-quality coffees.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/316/meeting-to-form-body-for-african-commodities-exchanges-and-ecx-launches-speciality-trading-system/</link>
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		<title>StanChart steps up Nigeria equity investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Standard Chartered Private Equity Limited recently announced $47.5million investment for a minority stake in Seven Energy, a leading Nigerian gas exploration and development company, according to a report in Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/314/stanchart-steps-up-nigeria-equity-investments/</link>
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		<title>Aureos Africa gets busy investing $381 mln</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Aureos Africa Fund is busy with its mission – it says it is the largest fund ever to focus on investing in small to mid-sized businesses across Africa. Earlier this month it announced that it had closed its fund-raising after gathering US$381.1 million. The fund has already invested approximately $120 mln in 10 companies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/311/aureos-africa-gets-busy-investing-381-mln/</link>
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