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In $12.5B deal, the asset manager would acquire Global Infrastructure Partners $106M infrastructure investment portfolio per a Jan. 12 announcement.

The top brass at Global Infrastructure Partners’ Australian outpost could share in a more than $100 million windfall following the investment firm’s $19 billion sale to BlackRock.

Africa is the next market frontier for global infrastructure, and the task of building new bridges, roads, rail, and energy projects is increasingly falling to private players.

This was made known by the Director of Media and Public Relations of NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun.

Actis, a London-based energy infrastructure investor with investments in Africa, will be acquired in a deal that's betting big on

Its a big week for bonuses.

Australian shares are set to open modestly higher. The dollar shed more than 1pc. Dow pares losses late; US 10-year yield rises to 4.06pc.

Some $106bn in assets under management and a sale at $12.5bn. The two dizzying figures show the scale of the deal made by Nigerian financier Adebayo Ogunlesi.…

BlackRock's deputy head of Apac steps up, as predecessor Rachel Lord becomes head of international. The investment firm has also made its largest M&A deal in over a decade to significantly expand its infrastructure assets, including in Apac.

Adebayo Ogunlesi was the most talked about African businessman last week. Dangote refinery started operations and Lyca Mobile shut down in South Africa.