Dangote Refinery IPO: How United Capital is taking Nigeria’s Biggest Investment Opportunity Beyond Its Borders

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United Capital is promoting an IPO for the Dangote Refinery to investors beyond Nigeria. The article frames the offering as a major investment opportunity against the backdrop of Nigeria's longstanding dependence on imported refined fuels despite producing crude oil.

For most of the last four decades, Nigeria has lived with an uncomfortable contradiction. As Africa’s largest crude oil producer, it shipped barrels out to the world and bought back the petrol, diesel and aviation fuel that kept its economy running. Its state-owned refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna spent years running far below […] The post Dangote Refinery IPO: How United Capital is taking Nigeria’s Biggest Investment Opportunity Beyond Its Borders appeared first on Nairametrics.