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70 stories on the Corporate Africa desk in the last 30 days (70 this week). Latest: Airtel Money targets $7 billion valuation in London IPO debut. Updated 1 October 2026.

Latest raise: Airtel Money targets $7 billion valuation in London IPO debut →

• Airtel Money targets $7 billion valuation in London IPO debut ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Ethiopian Airlines signs agreement with Boeing for 777-8F, 777F freighters to expand cargo fleet ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• UAC to sell 73.29% Livestock Feeds stake to Sunbeth for N19.5bn ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• InfraCredit secures IFC’s $50m subordinated debt facility for local currency infrastructure finance ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• PenCom grants PFAs waiver to invest in Dangote Refinery IPO ↗

  14 May 2026 · raise card

• Leading UK mining investor plans over $400 million for Namibia copper mine development ↗

  15 May 2026 · raise card

• MTN clears major hurdle in $2.2 billion acquisition of IHS Towers ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Standard Bank Angola completes public listing on BODIVA equity market ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Airtel Money sets IPO price at £1.96, values business at £5.3 billion ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Dangote Sponsors Abuja Trade Fair, Features Refinery IPO ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• MNT-Halan takes $1.4bn fintech valuation to Egyptian Stock Exchange with 20% IPO ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Attijariwafa Bank to acquire majority stake in Société Générale Ghana ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• UAC Nigeria exits Livestock Feeds in N19.5 billion deal with Sunbeth ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• BREAKING: Tony Elumelu raises Seplat stake ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Airtel sets £1.96 as offer price for $7bn Airtel Money IPO ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s $300 billion wealth empire eyes new trade corridors stretching into Africa ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Egypt’s first fintech unicorn plans to sell 20% of local business in Cairo stock market debut ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• French banking giant exits Ghana as North Africa’s largest banking group takes over in major deal ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Airtel Money eyes Congo, Sahel growth ahead of London IPO ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Airtel Money sets £250 minimum for retail IPO offer ahead of London listing ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• BII commits $65 million to accelerate private sector growth in Zambia and Zimbabwe ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Momentum acquires full ownership of Verso Group ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• How Zimbabwean investors can buy into Dangote Refinery’s $1.6 billion IPO ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• NNPC says no fixed date yet for proposed IPO ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Octoco Group secures equity stake in rail technology startup HisWay Labs ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Exergy and Mercuria secure US$250 million financing deal for African power infrastructure ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Africa’s wealthiest billionaire expands energy empire with $16bn Kenya refinery as “enormous” demand hits his $1.6bn IPO ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Summit Africa secures 40% stake in agricultural platform Virtual Farmer ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Angola raises $224m from sale of 34% Standard Bank stake ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Dangote moves fertiliser IPO forward as capacity target hits 12 million tonnes ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Cape Town-Based Risk X Group Buys Wolfpack Information Risk To Create Africa’s Cybersecurity Giant ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Dangote Refinery IPO surpassed MTN, GTCO digital records in one day – Chapel Hill ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Northern Star rejects R445.3 billion takeover bid from Gold Fields ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Dangote plans $50 billion capex, twice its 2020–2025 spend ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Clicks acquires controlling 61% stake in premium beauty retailer ARC for R507 million ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• South Africa’s missile maker reveals North African buyer as it builds weapons for its own military ↗

  27 September 2026 · raise card

• IFC commits up to $90m to Airtel Money’s London IPO ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Meet Samaila Zubairu, the former Dangote executive and AFC boss who helped connect Kenya with Africa’s wealthiest man for a $17bn refinery ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Three mega-projects backed by Dangote, Turkish investors put $40bn behind East Africa’s Indian Ocean trade ambitions ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Jaltech Creates Exit Route For Solar Owners – Targeting R500M In Acquisitions ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Champion Breweries accelerates growth with strong Q2 performance and successful group transformation ↗

  28 July 2026 · raise card

• Seplat to sell 10% stake in NNPCL joint venture for $281.6 million ↗

  30 July 2026 · raise card

• Africa’s third-richest man is spending $85 million to expand Nigeria’s ports for BUA’s next growth phase ↗

  1 August 2026 · raise card

• S&P Global buys Nigerian ratings agency Agusto & Co for undisclosed amount ↗

  28 July 2026 · raise card

• Chinese firm behind Nigeria's $1 billion cement takeover lands another $807 million deal in Asia ↗

  2 August 2026 · raise card

• Flutterwave’s Bank Acquisition Plan Signals a Bigger Ambition: Becoming Africa’s JPMorgan ↗

  2 August 2026 · raise card

• Global energy giant Mercuria enters African power market with $250 million Zambia bet ↗

  26 September 2026 · raise card

• Same region that rejected Africa’s most ambitious energy project valued at $20 billion from the world’s wealthiest black man signs $7 billion DP World port deal ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• Ardova Plc-led consortium to acquire 100% of powergas, africa’s largest cng producer ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• UAC Nigeria to sell 43% stake in DP World Logistics to TGI Group ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• Africa’s richest man and Ethiopia to lay $660 million fuel lifeline, giving the landlocked country a new fuel route ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – No Access, no problem ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• Nigeria’s CreditChek Acquires Ugandan Fintech Algosys To Expand Into East Africa ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Adenia-backed Quickmart prepares NSE debut ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Kenya’s second-largest supermarket chain, Quickmart, plans listing on Nairobi stock exchange ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Airtel Money announces IPO plans, targets London Stock Exchange listing ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• African Fintech Giant Airtel Money Plans London IPO ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Airtel Money Prepares $800 Million+ London IPO at $9 Billion Valuation ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Egyptian state bank to acquire Banque Misr’s UAE branches after US links 103 companies to Iran’s shadow banking network ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• KCB’s 22.23% Pesapal Stake reveals how the bank is building its payments business ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• MKH properties secures ₦30 billion commercial paper programme, signals aggressive expansion plans ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Tamweely wheels in ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Aliko Dangote plans 2028 IPO for fertiliser business targeting world’s biggest status and 40% of Africa’s demand ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Dangote targets $10 billion power investment, considers cancelling steel business ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Dangote Refinery’s ₦2.15 trillion IPO gives Nigerian fintechs a customer-acquisition boost ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• SOCAR acquires 10% stake in Ivory Coast’s Baleine field as Phase 3 targets 150,000 bpd ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• Saudi billionaire, Al-Amoudi picks one of Africa’s fastest-growing destinations for a $116 million hotel expansion ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• Dangote Refinery to utilize POS terminals, fintechs for landmark IPO ↗

  14 May 2026 · raise card

• Bharti Airtel expands Africa push with $2.9 billion stake consolidation plan ↗

  14 May 2026 · raise card

• National fibre Expansion Gets Green Light As ICASA Approves Herotel-Vumatel Licence Transfer, Maziv Says ↗

  14 May 2026 · raise card