GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian shares turned lower and the dollar regained some of
its footing on Friday, as disappointing earnings from U.S.
tech giants undermined sentiment ahead of a key U.S.
non-farm payrolls report. WORLD OIL PRICES
Oil prices were little changed on Friday, with major
benchmarks headed for their second straight week of losses,
as the market awaited further signs of fuel demand recovery
in China to offset looming slumps in other major economies. EMERGING MARKETS
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The South African rand held steady on Thursday, after
surging a day earlier when the U.S. Federal Reserve
signalled it had turned a corner in the fight against
inflation. KENYA MARKETS
The Kenyan shilling KES= weakened slightly on Thursday, as
persistent demand for dollars from importers in the oil
market weighed on the local currency, traders said. POPE AFRICA CONGO ABUSE
Around two dozen activists and sexual abuse victims
demonstrated in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on
Thursday across the road from a cathedral where Pope Francis
was meeting clergy. POPE AFRICA CONGO
Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in Democratic
Republic of Congo to forge a new future without the ethnic
rivalry, corruption and distrust that have fuelled so many
bloody conflicts in Africa. IVORY COAST COCOA
Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator on Thursday started
distributing electronic cards to cocoa farmers to help track
beans from plantations to their export ports and ensure the
growers are paid a guaranteed price for their produce. GHANA MINING
South Africa-listed gold miner Gold Fields on
Thursday said it is disputing tax payments demanded by the
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) after an audit and is working
with the tax authority to resolve the matter. ZIMBABWE MINING
Zimbabwe's central bank on Thursday said it will allow
exporters, including miners, to keep 75% of their export
earnings in foreign currency after the current cap of 60%
drew complaints from the industry. AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE
Senegal's President Macky Sall said on Thursday that
financing is in place to enable construction to begin in
earnest on a $1.13 billion deep-water port being developed
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Feb 3 (Reuters) - The following scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market
moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday.
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EVENTS:
S&P Global January PMI survey on South Africa
S&P Global January PMI survey on Kenya
S&P Global January PMI survey on Ghana
S&P to announce ratings decision on Nigeria
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