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Dangote lines up Africa’s biggest IPO at $5bn
Dangote Petroleum Refinery is preparing a pan-African IPO targeting up to $5 billion across multiple African exchanges, with the offer…
MTN buys back its towers in $6.2bn deal
MTN Group agreed to acquire the 75% of IHS Towers it did not already own in an all-cash deal valuing…
Flutterwave gets Nigerian banking licence at 10
Flutterwave secured a Nigerian banking licence on April 2, allowing Africa's most valuable fintech to hold deposits, lend directly and…
MTN and Airtel pocket $2.3bn from Africa data boom
MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa generated a combined N3.6 trillion ($2.3 billion) from data services in 2025, as Africa's mobile…
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South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives
Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…
US-Iran truce sends oil crashing
A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…
MTN’s MoMo is going super app
MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…
AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda
The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…