•  South Africa inflation rises to 6% in March, right at top of Central Bank’s target range 
•  Ugandan government forecasts 6.8% growth in 2014-15 on back of energy expansion
•  ASI +46bps, $32.94m 
•  Banks again driving direction (+70bps) and volumes with chunky crossing dominating the sector
•  NSE20 unch, $11.1m 
•  Equity Bank (+5.1%) continues to run hard while KNCB (+1.6%) following suit
• DCI -66bps, $80k
• EGX30 +31bps, $138m
• Semdex -5bps, $3.54m
• Ind +1.79%, Mining +2.43%, $3.08m
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 10.61 | -1.15 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 162.15 | -1.14 | 
| Kenya | KES | 86.90 | -0.69 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 30.05 | unch | 
| Botswana | BWP | 8.78 | -0.39 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1639.00 | -2.99 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2513.00 | +0.56 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 684.02 | -1.17 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 2.80 | -15.41 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 475.92 | +0.89 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 6.99 | -0.68 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 8.14 | +0.48 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.59 | +3.15 |