Nov 5 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday.

Asian shares dipped on Thursday, and the dollar fell after the U.S. Federal Reserve vowed to keep rates near zero for "an extended period" and said the recovery of the world's biggest economy would be sluggish.
Shares of exporters were hit by Asian currencies' modest gains. The dollar index was flat at around 75.8 but the U.S. currency was quoted at 90.54 yen, down from 90.75 in late Asian trade on Wednesday, and slipped against other currencies.
Japan's Nikkei slid 1.4 percent as the yen's advance hurt exporters, but Nissan Motor was up 1 percent after soaring sales in China prompted the carmaker to reverse its annual outlook to a profit from a loss.
In Asia, the MSCI index of Asia Pacific stocks traded outside Japan was down 0.9 percent while the Thomson Reuters index of regional shares was 1.4 percent lower.

South Africa's rand and stocks firmed on Wednesday, buoyed by stronger metal prices and rising risk appetite in global markets.
The Johannesburg Top-40 index gained 0.79 percent to 23,300.84 points, while the broader All-Share index added 0.66 percent to 25,924.50 points.
South African government bonds gained in line with the rand. The yield on the 2015 bond fell 11 basis points to 8.355 percent and that on the 2036 note falling 10.5 basis points to 8.635 percent.

Nigerian stocks fell for the eighth straight day as investors digested higher-than-expected loan loss provisions by the country's leading banks, dampening hopes of dividend payments at the end of the financial year.
The all-share index dipped 0.3 percent to 21,202 points with only 23 of more than 200 listed companies notching up gains. Zenith Bank and Diamond Bank lead the decliners, falling by a maximum of five percent. .

The benchmark NSE 20-share Index was down 4.64 points to close at 3076 on Wednesday. The broader All Share Index was down 0.11 points to close at 67.54.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) had lent Kenya $123 million to finance a sanitation project, the bank said on Wednesday.
"The project addresses water supply and sanitation problems in a number of small towns and the provision of water storage in Yatta area," the Tunis-based AfDB added in a statement.

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will hold talks with Kenya's leaders on Thursday about how to prosecute the suspected masterminds of post-election violence in 2008.
Ethnic clashes after a disputed presidential election killed at least 1,300 people and uprooted more than 300,000, shattering Kenya's image as a stable, regional economic powerhouse.
President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the leaders of the coalition born out of last year's violence, will meet Moreno-Ocampo to thrash out what happens next.

Hotel stocks dragged Mauritius' benchmark SEMDEX index down 0.67 percent on Wednesday to settle at 1665.34 points. Sun Resorts was the biggest loser, down 3.61 percent at 80 rupees per share. Naiade Resorts and New Mauritius Hotels dropped 2.38 and 0.75 percent respectively.

The International Monetary Fund recommended Mauritius hold its benchmark lending rate steady at 5.75 percent but keep an eye on consumer prices as the global economy rebounds.
The Washington-based body noted early indications of an improved outlook in the Indian Ocean island's key tourism and export sectors.
It said economic growth in 2010 would be considerably stronger than this year. Official data forecasts 2009 growth at 2.7 percent.

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