ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates whether any exploitable pauems exist in a sample of tenAfrican stock markets that could lead to abnonnal gains. Southern Africa isrepresented by Botswana, Namibia. Mauritius and Zimbabwe, East Africa by Kenya,West Africa by Ghana and the BRVM, and North...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines whether there is a solution to the challenges being faced in the capitalmarkets in Zambia. Literature on how other countries have overcome these challenges isreviewed to determine whether there is a solution to these challenges. The study also testsfor the...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Successful merger and acquisitions (M & A) from a financial perspective increases shareholder value. This paper examines the effect of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M & A) on shareholder value. A discussion on shareholder value follows with reasons why companies choose M...