Private equity firm CVC has agreed to buy Unilever’s tea arm for £3.79bn (€4.5bn), it has been announced. CVC outbid rivals Advent and Carlyle after an auction process, Unilever confirmed …
Radarr Africa Business Desk
Radarr Africa Business Desk
The Radarr Africa Business Desk reports daily on companies, markets, banking, energy, technology and policy across Nigeria and Africa. Stories are reviewed and edited by The Radarr Africa Editorial Team in Lagos. Story tips and corrections: business@radarr.africa.
- SpotlightWestern Africa
Nigeria: Flour Mills acquires 76.8 per cent stake in Otudeko’s Honeywell Flour
Nigeria’s biggest flour-maker Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Monday said it has brokered a deal to buy out the majority equity interest in rival Honeywell Flour Mills, majority-owned by billionaire …
The United Nations Development Programme warned Monday that Afghanistan’s banking sector risked collapse due to worsening liquidity problems and a rise in non-performing loans, potentially adding further pain to its …
Ericsson has agreed to buy Vonage Holdings Corp. in the U.S. for an equity value of $5.3 billion, in a major bid to build its presence in cloud communications services. …
The Senate yesterday passed a bill to establish the Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria. The passage of the bill came 17 days after a 21-storey building at Ikoyi, Lagos, …
Nigerian state oil company NNPC has signed a $1.04 billion facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) for petroleum exploration, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday. The agreement …
Ethiopia’s once rapidly growing economy is taking another hit because of its yearlong war as global clothing manufacturer PVH Corp. says it is closing its facility there because of the …
- BusinessSpotlightWestern Africa
Three Nigerian firms win $480,000 Jack Ma funding for African businesses
Three Nigerian firms won nearly half a million dollars in total in funding provided by the Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, for startups that set out to solve major problems. Releaf, …
- Real EstateWestern Africa
Tech, Public Sector Infrastructure Delivery Key to Real Estate Recovery: WAPI
Taking place once again live from Lagos on 23 & 24 November, the 7th annual West Africa Property (WAPI) Summit is the only regional real estate gathering that connects international …
Tech media organisation, Technext is set to hold its maiden event, Technext Conference 2021. The event will provide a visible platform for key players in the African blockchain tech ecosystem …