Africa’s largest refinery is opening a small public stake to investors, turning a strategic industrial asset into a test of Nigeria’s capital-market depth and retail participation.
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Afreximbank’s Angola pipeline targets local ownership, not contracts
A $5.18 billion pipeline of Angola energy opportunities is being framed around moving indigenous companies from service provision into larger ownership and operating roles.
Trade finance: the quiet plumbing behind Africa’s exports to China
Tariffs and protocols open the market, but a shipment only sails when someone finances it. The credit, insurance and bonds behind African exports rarely make headlines, yet they decide who can trade.
CADFund: The state vehicle quietly underwriting China’s Africa investments
A China Development Bank fund built to coax Chinese firms into Africa has committed roughly US$7.6bn across 39 countries. Its job is less to spend than to make others spend.
Green Industrial Chains: A US$700 Million Fund Bets on Africa Keeping the Value
A China-Africa Green Industrial Chain fund of about RMB 5 billion, with seven early projects approved, signals a next-phase pitch: not just power, but the supply chains around it – and the value they
Clean-Energy Contracting: RMB 21 Billion in Revenue, and a Question of Whose
China reports RMB 21.18 billion in contracted clean-energy project revenue since the Beijing Summit. The figure is real – the open question is how much of that contracting value lands in African
Uganda Airlines Boeing order in Uganda — customer adoption the risks and opportunities
Follow the capital, not the metal: how Uganda Airlines’ ten-aircraft Boeing order is financed decides its currency risk, bankability and who pays.
DRC IMF and Eurobond reset in DRC — market impact the business case across East Africa
As the IMF backs resilient growth and the DRC’s first Eurobond, a look at funding structure, currency risk and whether Congolese firms can enter the stack.
DRC IMF and Eurobond reset in DRC — regional opportunity what comes next for investors
The DRC’s first Eurobond, welcomed by the IMF alongside resilient growth, widens financing options for infrastructure and reprices frontier African debt.