•  Ghanas president says IMF loan is useful to bolster economy  
•  Zambias Zesco signs 300 megawatt power pact with EMCO
•  ASI -16bps, $25.5mill 
•  Decent start to the week with crosses in FBNH ($5.62m), Nestle ($4.05m) and NB ($2.17m)
•  NSE20 +186bps, $17.5mill 
•  Extremely active day yesterday with locals dominating proceedings
• DCI +11bps, $668k
• EGX30 +10bps, $90mill
• Semdex -11bps, $1.04mill
• Ind +30bps, $2.26mill
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 11.16 | -6.01 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 163.85 | -2.17 | 
| Kenya | KES | 88.70 | -2.71 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 31.30 | -3.99 | 
| Botswana | BWP | 9.16 | -4.51 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1670.50 | -4.82 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2620.00 | -3.55 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 692.51 | -2.38 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 3.20 | -25.79 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 510.85 | -6.01 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 7.14 | -2.81 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 8.65 | -5.45 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.78 | -7.75 |