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Fidson founder’s paper loss highlights rights issue digestion
Rights issues have a way of humbling even the most celebrated founders. Fidelis Ayebae's Fidson Healthcare closed its N21 billion rights issue 117 percent oversubscribed in early 2026, pulling in N24.65 billion in valid applications against N21 billion on...
Briefings on the Margin
Of preventable market fires, explosions and sinking vessels
Briefings on the Margin cuts through the chatter to let you know which Nigeria and Africa-related market tremors and policy shifts matter. Lean back, grab your favourite caffeinated brew; let’s breeze through the business and policy stories that are shapi...
Editor | Dec 12, 2025
Hek
Seplat Energy: From Acquisition to Earnings Powerhouse
Seplat Energy’s transition from a local onshore operator to a diversified, integrated energy producer is a tale told by acquisitions in a strategic pursuit that has doubled its production and kindled growth in a juicy space....
Editor | Dec 08, 2025
YSoT
From Crisis to Capacity: Reclaiming Nigeria’s Agency
Every week, Nigerians wake to headlines that feel less like news and more like echoes of a country straining under its own contradictions. Parents clutch their children tighter at school gates while armed bandits roam highways; citizens watch as police of...
Editor | Dec 06, 2025
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Aradel’s Family Affair: Insider Buying Spree Tests Nigeria’s Market Discipline
As the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) bustles with deals, shares of oil and gas firms steal the limelight. In this scene, Aradel Holdings Plc (Aradel) has risen as a showpiece of the country's developing capital markets. ...
Editor | Dec 03, 2025
Tipping Point
Tinubu’s Push For $1 Trillion Economy: Courting Disinflation and Betting on Growth
Nigeria has repeatedly been viewed, and rightly, as a country of huge but unfulfilled potentials. Blessed with untold oil and solid mineral wealth and peopled innovative and energetic population, the country fumbles through self-inflicted cycles of policy...
Editor | Nov 19, 2025
HEK
Duopoly Dial-Up: MTN, Airtel Forge a Hegemony in Nigeria’s Telecoms
It is close to sunset in the protracted hustle for Africa’s telecoms subscribers, and this is more evident in Nigeria more than anywhere else. In Africa’s leading economy, MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa now clutch more than 85 per cent of the market,...
Editor | Nov 17, 2025
YSoT
Building Nigeria and Africa from the ground up: Ethics, skills, innovation, and original thinking
This week at the Yaba School of Thought, five essays explored the challenges and opportunities shaping Nigeria and Africa’s future. From healthcare ethics to education, digital innovation, and intellectual rebellion, the common thread is clear: transforma...
Editor | Nov 15, 2025
Briefings on the Margin
Wafa Wagers on Cairo
Moroccan financial group Wafa Assurance has completed its acquisition of Delta Insurance in Egypt. The deal, worth about $67 million (₦98bn), gives Wafa a 63.4% stake in the Cairo-listed insurer. Wafa, which is part of Attijariwafa Bank,...
Editor | Nov 14, 2025
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