Omegascorpi [Beta] » Africa http://omegascorpi.com Company Profiles,Interviews,News and Beyond Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Financial Market Review for the Week Ended June 18, 2010 http://omegascorpi.com/2010/financial-market-review-for-the-week-ended-june-18-2010/ http://omegascorpi.com/2010/financial-market-review-for-the-week-ended-june-18-2010/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:40:03 +0000 tape http://omegascorpi.com/?p=295 Check the report on trading at the Ghana Stock Exchange and the state of the financial markets for the week ended June 18, 2010.

For further enquires please contact SAS Ghana

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]]> http://omegascorpi.com/2010/kenya-bank-equity-china-development-bank-ink-deal/feed/ 0 The Khan Academy Serie:Debt vs Equity http://omegascorpi.com/2010/the-khan-academy-seriedebt-vs-equity/ http://omegascorpi.com/2010/the-khan-academy-seriedebt-vs-equity/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:41:44 +0000 tape http://omegascorpi.com/?p=277

Which way should companies (small and large) in Africa go ? should they borrow money from banks or should they go public (Safaricom,Ecobank,Bank of Africa) ?

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Kenya’s mobile operator, Safaricom, expects a planned 12 billion shilling bond to launch in two weeks,so said its CEO a few days ago.The company is waiting for the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to give it a go. Barclays Capital, Absa Bank and CFC stanbic are arranging the Safaricom issue

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]]> http://omegascorpi.com/2009/safaricom-issues-12-billion-shilling-bond/feed/ 0 Emerging Capital Partners Invests in East African Media and Telecommunications Company http://omegascorpi.com/2009/emerging-capital-partners-invests-in-east-african-media-and-telecommunications-compan/ http://omegascorpi.com/2009/emerging-capital-partners-invests-in-east-african-media-and-telecommunications-compan/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:15:53 +0000 tape http://omegascorpi.com/?p=253 Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), a private equity firm focused on Africa, has invested US$25 million in Wananchi Group Holdings, a leading East African media and telecommunications company specializing in pay-television and high-speed Internet services in Kenya and Tanzania. The investment is ECP’s tenth in Africa’s telecom sector.

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]]> http://omegascorpi.com/2009/emerging-capital-partners-invests-in-east-african-media-and-telecommunications-compan/feed/ 0 The Largest Private Equity Firm in Africa http://omegascorpi.com/2009/the-largest-private-equity-firm-in-africa/ http://omegascorpi.com/2009/the-largest-private-equity-firm-in-africa/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:58:33 +0000 tape http://omegascorpi.com/?p=250 citadel-capitalCitadel Capital is the largest private equity investor in Africa and the seventy-fifth largest globally, according to Private Equity International’s PEI 300, an annual ranking of the largest international private equity firms based on funds raised in the previous five years.

In the same period, the firm has generated US$ 2.2 billion in cash returns to investors, more than any other private equity firm in the MENA region.

Current Investments

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]]> http://omegascorpi.com/2009/the-largest-private-equity-firm-in-africa/feed/ 0 The SEM 7 http://omegascorpi.com/2009/the-sem-7/ http://omegascorpi.com/2009/the-sem-7/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:34:42 +0000 tape http://omegascorpi.com/?p=246 [Click on post title to read full article]

The SEM-7 is made up of the largest companies by market capitalization, including Mauritius Commercial Bank, Naiade Resorts, New Mauritius Hotels, and State Bank of Mauritius.The SEM 7 will open the door to future contracts trading,this is big leap for African Stock Market

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]]> http://omegascorpi.com/2009/the-sem-7/feed/ 0 Interview of Magatte Diop, Founder and managing partner of the Peacock Investments Company http://omegascorpi.com/2009/interview-of-magatte-diop-founder-and-managing-partner-of-the-peacock-investments-company/ http://omegascorpi.com/2009/interview-of-magatte-diop-founder-and-managing-partner-of-the-peacock-investments-company/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:30:02 +0000 tape http://omegascorpi.com/?p=243 In 1993,Magatte Diop founded the group ILICO in Dakar (ILICO in 1993 through an LBO and SAGEF in 1995), which is composed of a life insurance company and a real estate development company.

]]> http://omegascorpi.com/2009/interview-of-magatte-diop-founder-and-managing-partner-of-the-peacock-investments-company/feed/ 0 West Africa Investment Forum: Preserving Growth Amidst The Financial Crisis http://omegascorpi.com/2009/west-africa-investment-forum-preserving-growth-amidst-the-financial-crisis/ http://omegascorpi.com/2009/west-africa-investment-forum-preserving-growth-amidst-the-financial-crisis/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:12:21 +0000 tape http://omegascorpi.com/?p=237
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Date:September 25 and 26, 2009
Time:7:30am – 4pm
Location: Desmond Tutu Center, 180 10th Avenue (between 20-21st Streets) New York, NY 10011
The upcoming conference will focus on showcasing investments and business opportunities that exist within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The fact was and is  that the long-term investment case for West Africa remains intact.
The confirmed panelists  to “West Africa Investment Forum” (WAIF) include Christiane Agkpo the Head of Corporate Finance, Atlantique Finance.

-Magatte Diop, Founder & President, Peacock Investments.
-Okey Okuzu, Founder & CEO Instrat.

Dawn Hines, the Co-founder & Partner Aventura Investment Partners.

-Magatte Wade, the Founder & CEO, Tiossano Tribe, Inc.

-Nvalaye Kouroma,CEO, Afric Xpress.

-Anne Murray, E+CO – Investments in Senegal
-Ashley Bendell, Associate Director, Exotix USA.

-Corey Modeste, Director, Greylock Capital Management.

- Jorge Santisteban, Director of Hedging Services, MFX Solution.

Visit the conference site.

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