Dangote Cement, owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans a buyback of the company’s shares next week to boost shareholder value.
The company will repurchase as much as 10% of the issued capital starting with a first tranche of 85.2-million shares of 50 kobo each, or 0.5% of the total in issue, it said in a filing to the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday. The purchase will be done in the open market on December 30 and ends the after day or when the entire target number of shares are repurchased, whichever is earlier, it said...
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