•  South African inflation accelerates to 5.9% after Rand dips 
•  Zimbabwe cuts state salaries that surged to $535k per month 
•  Ex-Zambia central bank chief says market must set Kwacha level
•  ASI -0.37%, $22.76mill 
•  Large crosses in Zenith ($9.03m) drove activity yesterday 
•  Consumers (-0.26%) continued to come under pressure
•  NSE20 +0.16%, $7.0mill 
•  Foreign buying returned to Equity Bank  
•  Kenya court to hear central bank governor graft petition May 14
• DCI +1bps, $156k
• EGX30 +110bps, $176mill
• Semdex +10bps, $3.26mill
• Top40 -91bps, $1.75bn
• Ind -68bps, mining unch, $1.84mill
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 10.72 | -2.20 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 164.65 | -2.64 | 
| Kenya | KES | 86.45 | -0.17 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 29.95 | +0.33 | 
| Botswana | BWP | 8.83 | -0.92 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1638.00 | -2.93 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2535.00 | -0.32 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 680.50 | -0.66 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 2.69 | -11.71 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 473.04 | +1.17 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 6.96 | -0.18 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 8.10 | +1.01 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.57 | +4.61 |