A look at some African IPOs – August 2018
Uganda – CIPLA-Quality Chemicals IPO closed 24 August
CIPLA-Quality Chemicals Ltd opened its initial public offer (IPO) on 13 August and will close on 24 August, aiming to list on the Uganda Securities Exchange on 24 September. The pharmaceutical company aims to raise $45 million through offering a 18% stake via 657,179,319 shares at UGX256.50 per share, according to Reuters. The company manufactures drugs that include anti-retroviral, anti-malarial and Hepatitis B medicines and its products are sold in Cameroon, Comoros, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
India’s Cipla Limited, Uganda’s Quality Chemicals and the Government of Uganda set up the company as a joint venture in 2005, and TLG Capital and Capitalworks Investment Partners invested in the company in 2009, holding stakes worth 12.50% and 14.40% respectively. Lead transaction advisor was reported to be Renaissance Capital in Kenya and Crested Capital in Uganda is the lead sponsoring broker.
it ends a 6-year listing drought as the previous IPO in Uganda was Umeme in 2012.
Egypt – Giza Spinning & Weaving probably Q4
The IPO of garment maker Giza Spinning & Weaving is set for the fourth quarter, probably November. According to reports, the aim is to sell a 40% stake to finance investment of EGP250m ($14m) into expanded production of garments and yarn. The company employs around 4,800 and was set up in 1979. It is the biggest garment exporter in Egypt by volume and the sixth largest by dollar value, with 87% of production exported to the USA and Europe in 2017. Beltone Financial will be the global coordinator and book runner and a roadshow will run in October
Uganda – MTN under pressure to list
MTN Group Ltd, which has 55% of the mobile market in Uganda with about 10.9m subscribers, is seeking to renew its 10-year licence in October. Godfrey Mutabazi, executive director of Uganda’s telecom regulator, says that selling shares on the local bourse isn’t a pre-condition for the granting of a new 10-year contract, but Uganda wants “Ugandans to be part of the company…
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