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 - Outwatching the release of January inflation data.

GLOBAL MARKETS

Japanese shares jumped closer to a 33-month high as the yen

slumped on Monday after Tokyo dodged direct criticism from

G20 peers on the aggressive reflation plans that have

weakened the currency.

WORLD OIL PRICES

Brent crude rose slightly to hold close to $118 a barrel on

Monday after slipping at the end last week on signs of slow

economic activity in the United States, although the U.S.

and Chinese economies were still expected to support oil

markets.

AFRICA DEBT

A bond auction in Kenya this week is expected to draw

healthy demand amid increased liquidity, while Nigerian debt

costs are also seen falling next week in line with an

expected decline in inflation.



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SOUTH ARRICA MARKETS

* The rand extended gains to end the week below the 8.80

resistance level on Friday, inspired by

stronger-than-expected U.S. data that boosted prospects for

global economic growth.

* South African stocks edged down 0.12 percent on Friday,

booking their first weekly decline in four weeks, as shares

of Impala Platinum were hammered again on news it would

issue a convertible bond.

NIGERIA MARKETS

* Nigerian stocks fel for fourth straight day

on Friday, pulled lower by mid-cap banking stocks Wema Bank

and Unity Bank as investors book

profits after recent gains.

* Nigerian interbank lending rates edged up to a weekly

average of 13.83 percent, from 13.33 percent last week, as

bond and foreign exchange purchases drained cash liquidity

in the market, traders said on Friday.

NIGERIA SECURITY

Gunmen kidnapped seven foreigners and killed a security

guard when they stormed the compound of Lebanese

construction company Setraco in northern Nigeria's Bauchi

state early on Sunday, police said.

KENYA MARKETS

* The Kenyan shilling held steady against the dollar

on Friday, supported by tighter liquidity and rising

interbank rates as investors focus on a presidential

election in early March, while shares fell for the second

day running.

* East African Breweries Ltd reported a sharp

drop in half-year profits on Friday due to a jump in its

interest bill, but said sales across the region were still

rising, helped by new product launches and growing demand.

KENYA ELECTION

* Kenya's High Court on Friday cleared the way for Uhuru

Kenyatta to run in next month's presidential election,

dismissing arguments that his looming trial on charges of

crimes against humanity made him ineligible.

* A man was killed when the bomb he was apparently trying to

assemble near a Kenyan primary school before it hosted a

presidential candidate's rally exploded, police said on

Sunday.

MALI REBELS

The top Tuareg officer in Mali's army urged France on Friday

to keep its forces in Mali for as long as it takes to drive

out Islamist rebels for good.

MAURITIUS COMPANIES

* Luxury hotel group New Mauritius Hotels (NMH)

posted a 14.5 percent fall in first quarter pretax profit

and said on Friday it expected earnings to maintain a

downward trend though the second quarter.

* First-quarter pretax profits at Mauritius-based

conglomerate Rogers jumped to 1.61 billion rupees

($53.6 million) from 128 million a year ago, it said on

Friday.

* Mauritius clothing group Ciel Textiles posted a

fractional dip in first half pretax profit on Friday, as a

jump in profit from woven items offset a sharp fall in

knitwear profits.

TANZANIA INFLATION

Tanzanian inflation resumed its downward trend in January

after a brief pause the previous month, due mainly to a

slower rate of increase in commodity prices, official data

showed on Friday.

BOTSWANA INFLATION

Botswana's consumer inflation quickened to 7.5 percent

year-on-year in January, from 7.4 percent in December. On a

month-on-month basis, CPI accelerated to 0.6 percent from

0.3 percent previously.

GHANA TBILLS

The Bank of Ghana said on Friday that the yield on its

91-day bill rose to 22.9940 percent at a Feb. 15 auction

from 22.9322 percent at the last auction.

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