Nigeria

Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest.... 2009-10-14

To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger... 2009-07-28

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the German development finance institution DEG have unveiled... 2009-06-10

On June 1, the government of Nigeria retook control of the country's former telecommunications monopoly Nitel after it extended the deadline for bids for a majority stake for Nitel... 2009-06-03

Chevron Nigeria Holdings, a subsidiary of US major Chevron, has completed the sale of its retail assets in Nigeria (as well as Benin, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire and... 2009-03-25

Although the long term outlook for Nigeria's banking sector is buoyed by the country's fundamentals - oil wealth, solid growth forecasts and a large population with minimal access... 2009-01-28

Actis, a leading emerging markets private equity firm, has made its fifth investment in Africa since this time last month. The firm announced on August 21 that it has invested an... 2008-08-21