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Subscribe nowDeep-Dive Report: The Necessary Partner — How Simphiwe Mehlomakulu's Reatile Became the Black-Owned Partner ADNOC Needed to Buy Shell's 580 Petrol Stations
ADNOC's ~$1 billion purchase of Shell's 580 South African petrol stations needed something money couldn't buy: a Black-owned local partner without which the deal couldn't close. It picked Reatile. Inside the quiet, decisive role of the empowerment partner in African dealmaking.
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Airtel Money opened below its offer price in London. MNT-Halan's institutional book was covered 11 times. Dangote extended his IPO, and Firmus pulled a $30 billion listing in Sydney. The first results from Africa's listing window, and what they tell investors about the rest.
Deep-Dive Report: The Listing Window — Five African-Facing IPOs in One Month, and Why Day Ninety Matters More Than Day One
A refinery in Lagos, mobile money in London, a fintech in Cairo, a supermarket chain in Nairobi and Africa's biggest phone seller in Hong Kong: five African-facing IPOs in one month. Who is selling, who is buying, and why day ninety matters more than day one.
Deep-Dive Report: The New Lenders of West Africa — As Société Générale Leaves Ghana, Morocco's Royal-Backed Attijariwafa Moves In
Société Générale is leaving Ghana and Attijariwafa is arriving. One by one, French banks are selling their African subsidiaries to African buyers, and the most ambitious buyer is Moroccan and royal-backed. What the shift means for who finances West Africa.
Deep-Dive Report: The Quiet Conglomerate — How Cornelis Vink Built Chivita, Sold It to Coca-Cola, and Is Now Buying the Road His Own Goods Travel On
Cornelis Vink founded Chivita, sold it to Coca-Cola, and watched UAC buy it back. Now his TGI Group is buying UAC's 43% of DP World Logistics. The logic is the oldest one in African business: own the road your own goods travel on. Inside Nigeria's least-discussed large fortune.
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