NAIROBI, Feb 9- The following company announcements, scheduled economic
indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on
Thursday.
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EVENTS:
*Nigeria Labour Union representing millions of workers and
the Trade Union Congress to hold a protest demanding for
effective anti-corruption fight and good governance.
*Kenya's central bank to auction 91-day Treasury bills worth
a total 4 billion shillings.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian shares climbed to their highest in more than 18 months
on Thursday, as investors grew more confident about the
world's second-largest economy while the dollar slightly
firmed in the wake of growing concerns over political
instability in Europe.
WORLD OIL PRICES
Oil prices stabilised on Thursday, boosted by an unexpected
draw in U.S. gasoline inventories, although bloated crude
supplies meant that fuel markets remained under
pressure.
EMERGING MARKETS
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SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS
South Africa's rand inched higher on Wednesday, paring some
of its recent losses as the price of gold rose, driven by
investors searching for safe bets amid political worries in
Europe and the United States.
NIGERIA MARKETS
Nigeria plans to auction 110 billion naira ($360 million) of
local currency bonds on Feb. 15, its second debt sale this
year, the Debt Management Office said on
Wednesday.
NIGERIA BOND
Nigeria's parliament has approved the government's request
to sell a $1 billion Eurobond to help the country finance
its budget deficit, senate spokesman said on
Wednesday.
NIGERIA PRESIDENT
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on medical leave
in Britain, is well and in no danger, the country's
information minister said on Wednesday.
KENYA MARKETS
Kenya's shilling was steady on Wednesday and it was
expected to remain in a narrow range due to subdued demand
for the dollar, traders said.
UGANDA MARKETS
The Ugandan shilling remained stable on Wednesday,
and was seen strengthening, helped by foreign direct
investment flows across a range of sectors like real
estate.
ZAMBIA INVESTMENT
Canada's First Quantum Minerals plans to invest over
$1 billion in a new smelter and modernisation of a copper
mine in Zambia, a senior Zambian official said on Wednesday,
but the company said the investment was "very
conditional".
IVORY COAST POLITICS
Ivory Coast's government said on Wednesday it will negotiate
with elite special forces soldiers as a revolt, which saw
them storm out of their barracks and seize a town in the
coastal southeast, entered its second day.
ZIMBABWE POLITICS
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court dismissed a case against
President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist
who accused the ageing leader of violating the southern
African country's supreme law during protests last
year.
NAMIBIA MINING
Namibia's mines and energy minister expects the country's
flagship uranium mine, the $2 billion Chinese-backed Husab
project, to reach full output by August following delays
last year due to a fire at its processing plant. 
