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West & Central Africa
Nigerian oil billionaire Benedict Peters donates 50 gunboats and drones to Navy
Peters made the donation through his Lagos-based company, Aiteo Global Group.
British-Nigerian tech entrepreneur Ladi Delano secures $23 million for Moove Africa B.V. expansion
Moove is a mobility fintech app that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs in Africa.
Nigerian pilot and businessman Hosa Okunbo dies at 63
Okunbo was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last September.
Aliko Dangote’s sugar refinery moves to invest $1 billion in Nigeria expansion
The announcement follows a move by the Central Bank, naming the company one of the country’s sole three sugar importers.
Nigeria approves $2.7 billion for stake in Dangote Refinery
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva made the announcement on Aug. 4 in Abuja.
Ghana appoints media mogul Edward Boateng as managing director of state-owned oil refinery
The media mogul served as Ghana’s fifteenth ambassador to China from June 2017 to November 2020.
Mike Adenuga’s Conoil posts $2.58-million mid-year profit; earnings surge by 213 percent
Its revenue expanded from $139.63 million to $164.27 million.
Austin Avuru’s Seplat Energy declares $0.025 interim dividend payout for shareholders
Seplat Energy is a Nigerian oil and gas company dual-listed in London and Nigeria.
Tony Elumelu’s Transcorp suffers $8.9-million loss in four days as shares tumble from high
The loss came off the back of a sell-off in the company’s shares.
Aliko Dangote’s sugar business posts $30.6-million mid-year profit amid strong sales
The sugar refiner has a 1.44-million-metric-tonne refining capacity, making it Nigeria’s largest sugar producer.
Babs Ogundeyi’s Kuda Bank raises $55-million Series B, now valued at $500 million
Kuda Bank is a London-based, Nigeria-operating fintech company.
Aliko Dangote’s cement company posts $476.3-million mid-year profit as sales surge
The profit represents a 51.9-percent growth when compared with last year’s figures.
Nigerian tycoon Wole Oshin to pocket $379,000 dividend from Custodian
The dividend will be paid from the company’s profit in the first half of the year.
Mansoor Al-Mahmoud-led QIA to invest $200 million in Airtel Africa’s mobile money business
The Qatar Investment Authority’s transaction values the mobile money business at $2.65 billion.
Nigerian energy magnates Austin Avuru, ABC Orjiako to pocket $4.3-million Seplat dividend
Seplat Energy is the largest listed oil company on the Nigeria Exchange (NGX).