12 °c
London
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
No Result
View All Result
FurtherAfrica
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About
FurtherAfrica
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About
No Result
View All Result
FurtherAfrica
No Result
View All Result
Home Africa

Africa’s Richest Man to Revive Dangote Cement London IPO

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
February 18, 2018
in Africa, Banking, Cement, Commodities, Construction, Economy, FDI, Finance, Industry, M&A
Reading Time: 2 mins read
1.3k 26
0
Africa’s Richest Man to Revive Dangote Cement London IPO
Share via QRWhatsappShare on FacebookShare on TwitterLinkedInPinteresteMail

Dangote Cement Plc, owned by Africa’s richest man, has revived plans for a share sale in London that could raise about $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Nigerian company, controlled by Aliko Dangote, has approached investment bankers to discuss a potential U.K. listing, said the people, who asked not to be named as the talks aren’t public. Once banks have been appointed, it will probably take at least five months to complete the process, one of the people said. The cement maker is also considering issuing a debut Eurobond, according to two different people familiar with the matter.

Discussions are ongoing and a listing of Africa’s biggest cement maker may not go ahead, the people said.

“We have not, to the best of my knowledge, taken such a decision,” Anthony Chiejina, Dangote Cement’s spokesman in Lagos, said in an emailed response to questions, without commenting on the banker talks.

Fresh capital would enable Dangote Cement to fund expansion plans in sub-Saharan Africa and broaden its base of investors. It sees London as a more favorable place to attract about $1 billion than in its home base of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, where no company has raised more in an initial public offering than Starcomms Plc’s $796 million in 2008.

Dangote Cement has a free float in Lagos of 14.9 percent and a market valuation of $12.3 billion. It mulled raising equity in London in 2010. At the time, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley helped it prepare a sale that could have raised as much as $5 billion, before the move was abandoned.

The revival of the plan comes as Dangote Cement shares climb to near records as the Nigerian economy recovers from a downturn caused by the 2014 slump in oil prices. The economy of Africa’s most populous nation went into recession in 2016 as government revenue plunged. Nigerian stocks are up 11 percent this year in dollar terms, the sixth best performance globally according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Aliko Dangote has a net worth of $13.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His Dangote Industries Ltd. conglomerate has interests in sugar, flour and packaged food as well as controlling the cement company. The 60-year-old has repeatedly expressed a desire to bid for London’s Arsenal Football Club and is building a 650,000 barrel-a-day oil refinery near Lagos, which will cost more than $10 billion.

Source: Bloomberg

Related

Tags: Aliko DangoteAnthony ChiejinaBondCementDangote CementDangote Industries LtdEurobondFeatureflourGoldman Sachs Group Inc.IPOJPMorgan Chase & Co.Morgan Stanleyoil refinerypackaged foodsugar
ScanSendShare526Tweet329Share92Pin118Send
FurtherAfrica

FurtherAfrica

Founded in 2015 FurtherAfrica is an online platform centralising news and content focusing on the development and growth story of the African continent.

Related Posts

Business

Qatar investors acquire Rwanda Umubano hotel

by Taarifa Rwanda
June 29, 2022
Angola Capital Markets Commission analyses privatisations through stock exchange
Finance

Nairobi Stock Exchange Africa’s 3rd poorest performer

by The Exchange
June 29, 2022
FurtherAfrica join forces to promote ATIGS Dubai 2020
Business

Theorems Groups – Sarko Partners join forces to enter SADC

by Elizabeth Khumalo
June 29, 2022
Banks using US$ should think about their Crypto exposure – FinCEN Director
Finance

Cryptocurrency offers hope for Africa’s economic resurgence

by Web3Africa
June 29, 2022
The tripartite network theory in the gold mining industry: a lesson for Africa
Commodities

Ethiopia’s gold export generated US$513.9M in 11-month

by FurtherAfrica
June 29, 2022
Angola Oil & Gas 2022
 
AFSIC 2022
 
Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
 
MozParks

Translate this page

Read the Latest

Business

Qatar investors acquire Rwanda Umubano hotel

by Taarifa Rwanda
June 29, 2022
0

Rwanda has handed over the former Umubano hotel to Kasada, a leading independent investment platform dedicated to hospitality investments in...

Read more
Angola Capital Markets Commission analyses privatisations through stock exchange

Nairobi Stock Exchange Africa’s 3rd poorest performer

June 29, 2022
FurtherAfrica join forces to promote ATIGS Dubai 2020

Theorems Groups – Sarko Partners join forces to enter SADC

June 29, 2022
Banks using US$ should think about their Crypto exposure – FinCEN Director

Cryptocurrency offers hope for Africa’s economic resurgence

June 29, 2022
The tripartite network theory in the gold mining industry: a lesson for Africa

Ethiopia’s gold export generated US$513.9M in 11-month

June 29, 2022

FurtherAfrica Partners Network

The Exchange Club of Mozambique Taarifa Rwanda
TechGist Africa Africa Oil & Power Farmers Review Africa
Tanzania Invest Zambia Invest See Africa Today
Africa Global Funds Novafrica CrudeMix Africa
Harambee Africa Botswana unplugged Financial Insights Zambia
Digilogic Africa Web3Africa

Subscribe to FurtherAfrica

Enter your email address to receive new articles on your email.

Join 73,051 other subscribers.

FurtherAfrica

© 2021 FurtherMarkets

FurtherAfrica is a FurtherMarkets Limited platform

  • Countries
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About

© 2021 FurtherMarkets

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?