Mergers, Acquisitions And IPOs Would Follow African ScaleUPs

Eric Osiakwan I conclued my last oped on the prognosis that exits would follow African scaleups and by that I meant some of the deals would be mergers, others would be acquisitions, whilst a third category may go public. The drafting and publication of this paper was delayed by the massive internet outage in West […]

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Mergers & Acquisition Activity Driven by Efficiency

When Kosmos Energy acquired Hess Corporation’s assets offshore Equatorial Guinea last year, the deal pointed to a trend for 2017’s mergers and acquisitions: an effort to focus regionally and reap as much value and efficiency as possible from assets, according to Deloitte’s Oil & Gas Mergers and Acquisitions Report for 2017. “Oil and gas companies seem […]

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