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- Offers tracked
- 16
- Markets covered
- 13
- Guides
- 19
- Live or opening
- 4
Front page
Africa's largest-ever public offer opens 14 September
The company behind the continent's biggest oil refinery is selling shares to the public at ₦525 each, with a minimum order of 10 shares. This is the one everybody on the continent is watching.
- Share price
- ₦525
- Minimum order
- 10 shares (₦5,250)
- Opens
- 14 September 2026
- Closes
- 13 October 2026
- Expected listing
- November 2026, NGX
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IPO tracker
What is open, what is coming, and the landmark African listings worth knowing about.
Open trackerMarkets
13 exchanges across Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Europe — what drives each one and where to check the real numbers.
See marketsGuides
Shares, IPOs, index funds, dividends, currency risk, diaspora investing, scams and accounts — explained without jargon.
Read the guidesTools
Compound growth, monthly investing plans, share order costs and a live naira converter.
Run the numbersStock market basics
Who matches your order, where your shares are recorded, bid and ask, limit orders, settlement — plus a 26-term glossary.
Start from zeroNigerian IPO tracker
Every NGX offer we are watching, from Dangote onwards, with the full CSCS and dealing-member walkthrough.
Track the NGXReal estate
REITs, mortgages, honest rental yield math and how to buy back home from the diaspora without losing the money.
Open the trackOwnership you can buy into
Black-owned companies on public markets
There are not many, which is exactly why they are worth knowing. Media, community banking, hotels and a Caribbean small-company board — all listed, all researchable, none of it a recommendation.
- United States
Urban One
Nasdaq (UONE / UONEK)
Urban One is the radio, digital and TV company built by Cathy Hughes — the first Black woman to head a publicly traded American company. It is one of the few places culture-first Black media shows up as a listed share you can actually buy.
- United States
Carver Bancorp
Nasdaq (CARV)
Carver was founded in Harlem in 1948 to serve communities other banks would not. It is one of the small handful of Black-managed banks in the US that ordinary investors can own a piece of on a public exchange.
- United States
Broadway Financial Corporation (City First Bank)
Nasdaq (BYFC)
Broadway Financial and City First merged to create the biggest Black-led bank holding company in America, focused on affordable housing and small business lending in underserved neighbourhoods.
- United States
RLJ Lodging Trust
New York Stock Exchange (RLJ)
RLJ is a listed hotel real-estate trust founded by Robert L. Johnson, who built BET and became the first Black American billionaire. It is a working example of moving from media ownership into asset ownership.
- Jamaica
Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market
Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)
Jamaica's Junior Market was built so locally owned companies could list without institutional-scale balance sheets — and Jamaican retail investors piled in. It is the most successful small-company listings board in the region and new offers appear regularly.
Money & culture
Drake sells 51% of OVO to Authentic Brands Group in a reported $117.65M deal
The Toronto-born brand hands majority control to a global licensor — and keeps its seat at the table.
OwnershipThe catalogue is the asset
Every serious artist payday of the last decade came from ownership, not from a hit.
Money & cultureFrom royalties to equity: how creators start owning businesses
The move from being paid for your work to owning a share of something that pays you while you sleep.
AfricaWhat it means for Africa to fund its own biggest company
The refinery offer is a test of whether domestic savings can carry a continental-scale asset.
Start hereThe first ten thousand naira is the hardest
Not because of the amount. Because of the habit it forces.
On the board right now
- Opening soon
Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals
Nigeria · Nigerian Exchange (NGX)
The company behind the continent's biggest oil refinery is selling shares to the public at ₦525 each, with a minimum order of 10 shares. This is the one everybody on the continent is watching.
- Open now
Every live Nigerian offer
Nigeria · Nigerian Exchange (NGX)
Nigeria moved public offers and rights issues onto one electronic portal. Whatever is open on any given day appears there — this is the page to check before you trust a screenshot on WhatsApp.
- Open now
Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market
Jamaica · Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)
Jamaica's Junior Market was built so locally owned companies could list without institutional-scale balance sheets — and Jamaican retail investors piled in. It is the most successful small-company listings board in the region and new offers appear regularly.
- Open now
TSX Venture Exchange listings
Canada · TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV)
Canada runs a junior exchange specifically for smaller companies, which is where most first-time Canadian listings land before graduating to the main board. If you are building here, this is the ladder.
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Before you move money
Swagga MONEY is journalism and education. SwaggaLIVE is not a broker, a dealer or a financial adviser, does not sell shares, does not take orders and does not receive commission on anything covered here. Confirm every figure and every channel against the official offer document, the exchange and your national regulator before you move money. Investing carries the risk of losing what you put in.
