Business and Networking

Business and Networking on AfricaHeadline Where Africa Connects, Grows, and Leads At AfricaHeadline, our Business and Networking section is your gateway to Africa’s vibrant and evolving economic landscape. From bustling urban innovation hubs to rural entrepreneurship breakthroughs, we spotlight the people, policies, partnerships, and platforms that are shaping the future of African business.

Dangote seeks $47 billion valuation in IPO testing the limits

$1.6 billion offering values Africa’s largest refinery at more than twice its construction cost, putting
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How cashews are keeping Guinea-Bissau’s economy afloat, and exposing its

The crop helped drive growth to 5.8 per cent in 2025, but dependence on raw
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Etu Energias takes strategic leap with $260mn Chevron deal in

Acquisition puts Edson dos Santos’s company through its biggest test yet and signals the emergence
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Diamond slump tests Botswana’s five economic pillars

JOHANNESBURG — Botswana’s diamond output fell 54.6 per cent in the final quarter of 2025,
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Dangote’s $5bn IPO tests Africa’s appetite for funding its own

The continent’s largest refinery is seeking to raise $5bn in Lagos and is considering a
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Emirates and South African Airways deepen three-decade alliance to strengthen

Reciprocal codeshare agreement adds nine destinations to the joint network, reinforcing southern and central Africa’s
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Nigeria strengthens its financial defences, but investors are still waiting

New capital rules have reshaped the insurance industry, while the central bank reports stronger reserves
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OHUASI Investments looks to London to connect global capital with

Participation in the Angola–UK Trade & Investment Forum 2026 underscores the growing ambition of Angolan
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AfricaHeadline launches documentary series as part of the LIKE Angola

“How Angola Pulled It Off” inaugurates a continent-wide documentary series born from the LIKE Angola
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Africa’s Refining Race: Dangote towers over a continent still struggling

The Nigerian mega-refinery has redrawn Africa’s downstream map, but idle plants, ageing infrastructure and unreliable
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