Seven African Stock Exchanges to Integrate and More News

Seven African stock exchanges will unite by the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) and become the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) and be valued at $1.25 trillion. Gunmen killed 48 people in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara. The Japanese cargo ship Meridian Ace will transport 4,397 vehicles to the Port of Dar es Salaam on May 9, which will be the largest number of ships handled by the port ever.