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Aliko Dangote, president and chief executive officer of Dangote Group, at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. The International Monetary Fund downgraded its growth projection for the year after the war in the Middle East triggered a major oil shock and included the possibility of a downturn if the conflict drags on and energy infrastructure is severally damaged. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Global Investing

Aliko Dangote seeks to raise $1.6bn from 10m retail investors in Africa's biggest IPO

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The Financial Times
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Aliko Dangote targets 10mn shareholders as he floats $49bn refinery business on Nigerian stock exchange
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 29: Tatjana Smith of South Africa wins Gold in the Women's 100m Breaststroke final event on day 3 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at Paris La Defence Arena, Paris, France on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Anton Geyser/Gallo Images)
Mailbox

MAILBOX: SA's most decorated Olympian deserves protection, not exploitation

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Editor BizNews
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Tatjana Smith's treatment by administrators should shame SA sport into a reckoning, argues a BizNews Tribe Member
SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 17: Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference on July 17, 2026 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Ng Han Guan-Pool/Getty Images)
Global Citizen

Nobel Laureate Johnson on BizNews: Why US-Iran war won't end until Beijing says so

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Editor BizNews
4 min read
China’s refusal to pressure Iran leaves Washington with few paths to peace.
18 August 2026, Brandenburg, Lübbenau: The first server cabinets are now in place inside the shell of the Schwarz Group's data center. On the same day, a media tour took place in Lusatia. The data center construction site was also on the itinerary. The Schwarz Group, parent company of Lidl and Kaufland, is investing approximately 11 billion euros in a new data center here on the outskirts of the Spreewald. The cornerstone was laid in November 2025. Two and a half billion are being invested in construction, with the remainder going toward IT infrastructure; there is no government funding. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Tech

The Economist: The AI jobs apocalypse that never arrived

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The Economist
6 min read
A construction and white-collar hiring spree is outpacing tech sector layoffs.
PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - 13 April 2011: South African Olympic swimmer Roland Schoeman at the Telkom SA National Championships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on 13 April 2011. (Photo by Gallo Images/Foto24/Deon Ferreira)
Leadership

Roland Schoeman on Swimming SA's 20 year cover-up: Two suspensions are not reform

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Editor BizNews
8 min read
Swimming SA’s suspensions expose decades of ignored warnings, weak governance and unanswered questions.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 31: DA Leader Geordin Hill-Lewis at the unveiling of DA's Cape Town Metro Election Battle Bus in Goodwood on August 31, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. The blue-branded campaign bus travels across different communities in the Cape Town metro, bringing the DA's message directly to voters. (Photo by Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan)
Leadership

SA should be aiming a lot higher on job creation: Geordin Hill-Lewis

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Editor BizNews
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Cape Town’s jobs boom shows South Africa can (and should) aim higher.
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