AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCapital Markets: Aliko Dangote’s refinery is targeting a $1.6 billion share sale, with Botswana and Nigeria set to host Africa’s biggest-ever IPO. Proceeds would help double the refinery’s capacity; Dangote has also outlined plans for up to $50 billion in African investments by 2030. UN Race: Former Senegalese president Macky Sall has withdrawn from the secretary-general contest, leaving Uganda’s Olara Otunnu as Africa’s only candidate. Public Health: Tanzania has tightened screening for arriving travellers after Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring Kenya. Separately, Africa CDC says more than $700 million intended for Congo’s Ebola response is unaccounted for. Infrastructure: Tanzania has commissioned feasibility studies for a proposed 1,000-kilometre railway linking Mtwara Port with the country’s mineral-rich south. Sport: South African rugby is mourning Lions lock Hyron Andrews, who died aged 31 while on tour in France.
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