Africa-focused lender Bayport explores $800 million London listing - sources

LONDON/JOHANNESBURG(Reuters) - Bayport Management, an African consumer lending company, is considering a London listing in the first half of 2020 that could value it at around $800 million (623.5 million pounds), three sources familiar with matter said.Bayport, which provides loans primarily to government employees, has hired Citi, JP Morgan and Standard Bank as joint global coordinators for the deal, two of the sources said.The company, founded in 2002 by co-chief executives Stuart Stone and..