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West Africa business news covering ECOWAS economies: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and regional trade. Oil, gas, cocoa, and investment intelligence.

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AfricaFinance

Dangote lines up Africa’s biggest IPO at $5bn

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Africaspoint Editorial

Dangote Petroleum Refinery is preparing a pan-African IPO targeting up to $5 billion across multiple African exchanges, with the offer…

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AfricaBusiness

MTN buys back its towers in $6.2bn deal

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Africaspoint Editorial

MTN Group agreed to acquire the 75% of IHS Towers it did not already own in an all-cash deal valuing…

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AfricaFinance

Ivory Coast launches strategic sovereign wealth fund

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ivory Coast approved its Strategic Sovereign Fund for Development on April 15, establishing a three-component state vehicle to channel mining…

AfricaBusiness

Flutterwave gets Nigerian banking licence at 10

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Africaspoint Editorial

Flutterwave secured a Nigerian banking licence on April 2, allowing Africa's most valuable fintech to hold deposits, lend directly and…

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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…

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US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

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MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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Zenith and GTCO earn $183m from digital fees

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FTSE upgrade sparks N1.36trn NGX windfall

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Nigeria’s oil birthplace runs on solar now

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Benin votes as Wadagni set to succeed Talon

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