Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, 28 September 2011 – Renaissance Capital,
the leading emerging markets investment bank, has been recognised by
Africa Investor (Ai) as the “Best Africa Investment Bank”, for the
second consecutive year. The 2011 award was presented at Ai’s Index
Series Summit and Awards, in New York, USA.
Renaissance Capital took top honours among the nine banks shortlisted,
including Standard Bank, Goldman Sachs, BMCE, Attijariwafa Bank, Citi,
CI Capital Investment Banking, Imara Group and UBA Capital.
“Renaissance Capital is delighted to receive Ai’s Best African
Investment Bank Award for the second year running,” said Clifford
Sacks, CEO of Renaissance Capital in Africa. “Our pan-African,
pan-emerging markets model has brought both capital and innovation to
the African continent, leading to numerous groundbreaking transactions
and advisory work.”
In 2010-2011, Renaissance Capital completed 25 transactions in 16
African countries, valued at more than $3bn, including:
· The first ($580mn) Hong Kong listing of a significant
natural resources asset in Africa: South Africa’s Taung Gold.
· The $750mn sale of controlling stakes in the assets of
Zimbabwe Iron & Steel Company Limited (ZISCO) and Buchwa Iron Mining
Company (BIMCO) from the Government of Zimbabwe to Essar Group, a
major Indian multinational engineering conglomerate.
· Rwanda’s first IPO: a $29.5 mn placement for Brasseries et
Limonaderies du Rwanda
· Rwanda’s second IPO: a $62.6mn share placement for the
country’s largest bank, Bank of Kigali.
· The listing on the Lusaka Stock Exchange of First Quantum
Minerals Ltd. – the first depositary receipts ever listed in Africa.
· The first capital raising and London (AIM) listing for
leading Zambian food and consumer goods company, Zambeef.
· A $28mn follow-on offering for Feronia Inc. on the Toronto
Stock Exchange.
· The take-private and delisting of Nigerian Bottling Company
Plc, the bottler of Coca-Cola in Nigeria and the largest bottler of
non-alcoholic beverages in the country.
· The sale of 100% of the share capital of Global Alliance
Seguros, the third largest insurance company in Mozambique, to South
African lender ABSA Group Ltd.
· The IPO of Elemental Minerals Ltd. (Elemental), a potash
exploration company operating in the Republic of Congo, on the Toronto
Stock Exchange, raising a total of CAD53.5mn.