Banks, investors target rising Africa bond issues

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An increasing number of African nations and state-owned firms are expected to tap international bond markets in the next few years, helped by investors' hunger for emerging market debt and marking an upswing in fees for Africa-focused banks.

The market may also eventually see issuance by corporations in some of the larger sub-Saharan economies outside South Africa, such as Nigeria and Angola.

South African state-owned power utility Eskom and Zambia are just two expected issuers in 2011. Angola, Tanzania, and Uganda also have dollar-bond plans in the pipeline, while Kenya is seriously considering an issuance if domestic yields rise, a senior Treasury official told Reuters yesterday.

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