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By Dalu Ajene Global dealmaking is recovering unevenly, but Africa is not yet participating at the scale its companies require. In the first nine months of 2025, Africa’s total deal value fell by about 24% year-on-year, while M&A transactions targeting African companies dropped by nearly 46%, even as global deal value rose by around 10%. […]
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By Eric Osiakwan Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is planning a London listing of his cement business this year, after announcing a multi-exchange African listing of his refinery. Dangote Cement which is already listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) with a market capitalisation of almost $13bn, would seek a secondary listing on the London Stock […]
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By Eric Osiakwan The much-anticipated Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE Initial Public Offering (IPO), which values the business at $40B to $50B, will now be a cross-border listing on multiple African stock markets this year, making it not only the biggest IPO on the continent but the first on multiple African exchanges. This was […]
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By Sam Dahya, Head of Investor Services, Custody and Investment Administration, Standard Bank CIB The global move from a fluid trade settlement timeline (Time trade execution to settlement T+3) to a tighter timeline (T+1), is reshaping how markets think about post-trade risk, capital efficiency and competitiveness. A growing share of global activity is now operating […]
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South Africa’s ability to deliver on its ambitious infrastructure vision in the coming years will depend heavily on securing long-term domestic and foreign investment partnerships. With the National Development Plan setting a target to raise infrastructure investment from less than 20% of GDP to at least 30% by 2030 – which translates to more than […]
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We are proud to announce that Standard Bank is a Platinum & ESG Sponsor at this year’s Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa event on the 5th & 6th March 2024 at Cape Town International Convention Centre. Standard Bank joins a roster of top end institutions to discuss the latest capital markets opportunities, developments and trends across […]
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As Part Of The Country’s Ambitious Reform Plan As part of Ethiopia’s ambitious Homegrown Economic Reform Plan, the Standard Bank Group was honoured to offer about 100 Ethiopian executives an in-depth conference on accessing capital markets. From 6-7 April, Standard Bank offered the Ethiopian Capital Market Conference at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa, overseen by the […]
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