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African Development Bank has sold a GHS5m ($1.26m) 16% one year note to an offshore investor. -
This week's scorecard looks at where supranationals are in their funding programmes ahead of the September rush.
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African Export-Import Bank has appointed a new director for syndications, after hiring another senior loan syndication banker earlier this summer.
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Pricing rather than size was the focus for public sector borrowers in the dollar market this week, although overly aggressive pricing was not the reason for one issuer having to pull back from bringing a tap issue.
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A pair of public sector borrowers mandated banks on Monday to run small taps of dollar bonds, a theme that SSA bankers expect to run for the next few weeks.
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Two of this week's benchmark issuers are planning second trips to the capital markets for benchmark funding in the third quarter.
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NRW.Bank will bring a no-grow $1bn three year dollar benchmark on Wednesday, after African Development Bank and Rentenbank on Tuesday comfortably raised dollars in longer tenors.
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A pair of public sector borrowers on Monday hit screens with mandates earlier in the day than usual, which bankers suggested was due to a desire to get ahead of other possible issuers.
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South African state-owned electricity firm Eskom has signed $1.34bn of loans, arranged by African Development Bank. The financing includes what four bankers said was the largest ever ‘B’ loan tranche.
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The former head of loan syndication at African Development Bank has left for a role at a developmental financial institution in Cairo.
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The African Development Bank printed an A$60m ($44m) tap of its June 2026 notes on Wednesday, as bankers predicted more Kangaroo issuance will follow this week.
