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Hawkish turn at central bank may be rand’s saviour

Bloomberg It’s been another miserable week for South Africa’s rand, but policy support may be coming closer, if money-market bets are anything to go by. The currency slumped more than 2 percent as the South African Reserve Bank left its benchmark rate unchanged at 6.5 percent, a level Governor Lesetja Kganyago described as “accommodative,” while warning that inflation pressures are ...

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Ghana takes back control of bank after ‘questionable’ deals

Bloomberg Ghana took back control of Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. (ADB) after the regulator annulled deals for more than half of the lender’s shares following its initial public offering in 2016.Belstar and Starmount are affiliates and entered into deals with SIC and Ecobank Capital Ltd., the asset management unit of Ecobank Ghana Ltd., to purchase ADB’s shares without the regulator’s knowledge, ...

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Ryanair profits sink as labour strife deepens

Bloomberg Labour strife is starting to weigh on Ryanair Holdings Plc, and the conflict looks set to deepen. The discount airline posted a 20 percent drop in first-quarter profit on Monday, and warned that walkouts by trade unions, along with regional air traffic-control strikes, are making customers wary of booking trips. While the carrier was able to accommodate passengers whose ...

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