Sovereign bond: Nigeria issue takes Africa centre stage

Nigeria’s impending dollar sovereign bond comes at a time when demand for African sovereign paper exceeds supply. African states are cautious about entering the capital markets despite the many good reasons for issuance. Nick Kochan reports.

WHEN NIGERIA COMES to the market this month with a $500 million sovereign bond, investors will scramble to get in on the deal. The 10-year bond will be heavily oversubscribed as African credit moves from the fringe of the emerging market universe to dead centre.

Africa is flavour of the year. Fear of defaulting and unstable African states has been replaced by a clamour for credits that are seen as the most dynamic part of the frontier market.

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