The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday.
Global Markets
Asian shares slipped to seven-week lows on Thursday after a dismaying rise in U.S. inflation bludgeoned Wall Street and sent bond yields surging on worries the Federal Reserve might have to move early on tightening.
World Oil Prices
Oil prices fell on Thursday, pulling back from an eight-week high as concerns about the coronavirus crisis in India, the world's third-biggest importer of crude, tempered a rally driven by IEA and OPEC predictions that demand is coming back strong.
South Africa Markets
The South African rand weakened on Wednesday as a jump in consumer prices in the United States raised fears that the central bank would tighten its monetary policy, cutting off a key source of supply to riskier assets.
Nigeria Oil
Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC has picked 16 consortia for its new crude-for-fuel swap contracts for one year starting in August, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Cement
Nigerian property developer Olawale Ayilara is building housing estates in the affluent Lekki district of mega city Lagos, the country's commercial engine. But the cost of the project is expanding rapidly due to the increased price of cement.
Markets
Kenya's shilling (KES=) weakened on Wednesday undermined by demand for dollars from oil companies, traders said.
Uganda
The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against Islamist rebels who have killed hundreds of people in the last year, Congo's government said.
World Bank
The World Bank on Wednesday signed a $500 million infrastructure project with Democratic Republic of Congo to improve roads, mitigate flood risks, fight erosion and develop public spaces across the capital Kinshasa.
Mining/Petra Diamonds
Petra Diamonds (PDL.L) has reached a settlement with claimants at its Williamson mine in Tanzania who accused the firm of being responsible for widespread human rights violations including beatings and detentions, both sides said.
Inflation
Ghana's consumer price inflation was at 8.5% year-on-year in April, down 1.8% from the previous month due to drop in food inflation, the West African nation's statistics service said on Wednesday.
Coronavirus/Vaccine
Angola on Wednesday approved the emergency use of Russia's one-shot Sputnik-Light COVID-19 vaccine, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund responsible for marketing the vaccine abroad, said in a statement.
Security
An African Union mission recommended on Wednesday that Chad's military share power with a civilian president, as one of three options towards restoring constitutional order following last month's killing of president Idriss Deby.
Budget
Rwanda's economy is expected to grow 5.1% this year after contracting 3.4% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior finance ministry official said on Wednesday.
President
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera warned on Wednesday that his country's leading foreign exchange earner, tobacco, was in terminal decline and he urged a switch to high-growth crops like cannabis, which was legalised locally for some uses last year.