NAIROBI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic

indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on

Monday.

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EVENTS:

NIGERIA - Nigeria's statistics bureau reviews economic performance in 2012

and gives outlook for 2013-16

UGANDA - The central Bank of Uganda holds its monthly rate setting meeting.

The bank is expected to leave its key lending rate on hold.

GLOBAL MARKETS

Asian shares advanced on Monday, drawing momentum from U.S. data showing

some promise of a credible recovery, supported by Federal Reserve's easing

plans and solid manufacturing data from Europe and China.



WORLD OIL PRICES

Brent crude steadied above $116 per barrel on Monday, holding near a more

than four-month high, as data from top consumers United States and China

reinforced a view that the global economy was headed for a modest uptick

this year.

MALI CRISIS

French warplanes pounded Islamist rebel camps in the far north of Mali,

military sources said, hours after French President Francois Hollande

visited the West African country.



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AFRICA DEBT

Kenyan borrowing costs are expected to climb in the weeks ahead after

inflation rose for the first time in 13 months, while thin liquidity in

Nigeria could dampen local appetite at a Treasury bill auction next week.

SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS

* South African shares tracked global stocks higher on Friday as platinum

producers such as Impala led the benchmark index to briefly touch

a life-time high.

* South Africa's rand was on track for a second day of gains against the

dollar on Friday, eyeing 8.85 as investors that had sold the currency due

to a gloomy economic outlook readjust their positions.

NIGERIA MARKETS

Nigerian stocks hit a 4-year high on Friday on bargain hunting

of banking shares and improved liquidity from a market making program on

equities that was intoduced late last year, traders said.

NIGERIA SECURITY

Nigerian authorities said on Friday security forces backed by helicopter

gunships killed 17 militants and destroyed two training camps belonging to

Islamist sect Boko Haram, one in a forest and one in a game reserve.

KENYA MARKETS

The Kenyan shilling was steady for a third straight session on Friday as

the central bank kept a tight rein on liquidity, while telecoms provider

Safaricom helped shares to a third day of gains.

UGANDA CURRENCY

Uganda's shilling should get some support next week from central bank

reluctance to resume interest rates cuts just yet, traders say.

RWANDA AID

Germany said on Friday it will unblock 7 million euros in frozen aid to

Rwanda, which the U.N. accuses of helping arm rebels in neighbouring Congo,

but warned the African state will be under continued international pressure

over its links with M23 rebels.

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