Africa’s Biggest IPO Exposes Barriers to Cross-Border Investment
Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals initial public offering (IPO) has highlighted both the potential of ...
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Shelter Afrique Launches FCFA 60 Billion Bond to Finance Affordable Housing in West Africa
Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) has launched a FCFA 60 billion (approximately US$100 million) sustainable bond ...
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Angola Raises $224 Million Through Sale of 34% Standard Bank Stake
Angola has raised 208.5 billion kwanzas, approximately $224 million, through the sale of a 34% stake ...
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Dangote urges Africa to retain more capital as industrialisation takes centre stage
African economies need stronger domestic investment, deeper financial markets and greater capacity to retain value within ...
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Airtel Money targets up to $9 billion valuation in proposed London IPO
Airtel Money is preparing for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in London that could value ...
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JPMorgan’s New Frontier Bond Index Puts African Local-Currency Debt in Focus
JPMorgan is preparing to launch a new local-currency government bond index covering nearly US$330 billion of ...
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Botswana to open London Stock Exchange as Gaborone pitches $27 billion transformation plan to investors
Botswana’s vice president and finance minister, Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe, will lead a delegation to open trading ...
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Dangote Refinery Opens Landmark IPO as African Investors Gain Public Stake in Major Industrial Asset
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has opened what is being described as Africa’s largest initial public ...
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Shuka Minerals assigns £800,000 loan stake to South African investors
Shuka Minerals Plc has agreed to the assignment of approximately £800,000 of its convertible loan from ...
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Zambia’s Copper Boom Fuels $1 Billion IPO Pipeline After Election
Zambia’s capital market could see as much as US$1 billion in initial public offerings (IPOs) as ...
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