The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market

moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday.

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EVENTS:

BOTSWANA - The central bank auctions its 14-day

certificate Treasury bills.

GLOBAL MARKETS

The euro hit a one-month high and Asian shares

climbed for a seventh consecutive day on Tuesday

while commodities rose and the dollar eased after

a deal on new debt targets for Greece and a

political agreement on disbursing the next

installment of aid.

WORLD OIL PRICES

Brent crude rose above $111 per barrel on Tuesday

as optimism coursed through financial markets

after Greece's international lenders reached a

deal on a new debt target, although worries about

a looming U.S. fiscal crisis kept a lid on gains.

EMERGING MARKETS

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SOUTH AFRICA CURRENCY, BONDS

The rand firmed against the dollar in a reversal

of oversold levels from the past few weeks,

underpinned by optimism that Athens would secure a

bailout deal to pay off its upcoming debt

obligations.

SOUTH AFRICA SHARES

South African stocks ended slightly lower on

Monday, as furniture retailer Steinhoff

traded ex-dividend and as banks extended losses

after a downbeat brokerage report.

NIGERIA OIL

Nigerian oil exports are set to fall to below 2

million barrels per day (bpd) in January and

delays on a key grade doubled to nearly a month,

indicating that supply problems in the leading

African producer are far from over.

NIGERIA SECURITY

A purported senior member of Islamist militant

group Boko Haram has distributed a letter

requesting talks with the government, a day after

a double suicide bombing blamed on the sect killed

at least 11 and wounded 30 in an army barracks.

* Gunmen attacked a police station in the Nigerian

capital, killing two.

KENYA MARKETS

The Kenyan shilling fell to a near-six

month-low against the dollar on Monday, subdued by

demand for dollars ahead of the holidays, while

the benchmark share index was almost flat.

KENYA TELECOMS

Kenya's telecoms regulator cut the rate mobile

phone operators charge each other for calls made

across networks by 35 percent, its director said,

warning firms against using the reduction to

undercut others by lowering tariffs steeply.

MAURITIUS RATES

The Mauritius central bank held its key repo rate

unchanged at 4.90 percent on Monday,

and said it expected its economy to perform better

in 2013 as economic conditions in its main trading

partner countries stabilised.

EASTERN DRC CRISIS

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo

strengthened their positions around the eastern

city of Goma, defying regional calls for them to

leave by Monday even as their leader flew to

Uganda for talks.

SOUTH SUDAN OIL

Sudan has put a new obstacle in the way of

allowing its land-locked southern neighbour to

pipe its oil to the Red Sea, South Sudanese

President Salva Kiir said on Monday, dashing plans

to revive production after an 11-month break.

ZAMBIA ECONOMY

Government infrastructure spending should help

Zambia's economy grow faster over the next two

years, providing copper prices do not fall,

according to a Reuters poll.

MOZAMBIQUE MINING

Brazilian firm Odebrecht is eyeing $1 billion

annual revenue by 2020 in Mozambique, hoping to

benefit from being one of the few construction

groups operating in the emerging coal and gas hub.

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((Compiled by Nairobi Newsroom))

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