•  Eskom starts first South African blackouts since 2008 
•  Congo freezes mining expansion projects amid power shortage
•  ASI -47bps, $21.92m 
•  Roller coaster in Consumers resumes as the sector lost 1.03% with Flrou Mills (-6.5%) the biggest loser
•  NSE20 -13bps, $10.4m 
•  High foreign activity in EABL, Safcom and KNCB
• DCI -9bps, $815k
• EGX30 -94bps, $125m
• Semdex -6bps, $1.41m
• Top40 +66bps, $1.5bn
• Ind -48bps, Mining -9.21%, $2.71m
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 10.63 | -1.38 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 163.85 | -2.16 | 
| Kenya | KES | 86.55 | -0.29 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 30.15 | -0.33 | 
| Botswana | BWP | 8.81 | -0.70 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1630.00 | -2.45 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2513.00 | +0.56 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 681.51 | -0.81 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 2.54 | -6.68 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 476.85 | -0.70 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 6.95 | -0.18 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 8.12 | -0.69 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.57 | +4.71 |