June 1, 2015/Bloomberg Emerging Capital Partners, the buyout firm that’s made more than 50 investments in Africa, is seeking as much as $750 million as it pursues further deals. The funds will be sought in the next 12-18 months from development agencies, sovereign wealth and pension funds and family wealth […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- The top two (2) world building materials and cement producers,  Holcim and Lafarge  on Monday said it has opened its public exchange offer to finalise their planned merger deal. This is coming on the heels of the clearance from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers […]

Sat May 30, 2015/Reuters Nigeria needs to increase natural gas prices for power plants further to help encourage more gas exploration and production, the chief executive of Oando Gas & Power, said on Friday as the country’s new president is sworn in. Nigeria has the ninth largest proven gas reserves […]