Thursday, October 4, 2012

South Africa's Tiger Brands buys 63 pct of Nigeria's Dangote Flour

Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Nigeria’s Dangote Group

(Reuters) - Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote on Thursday sold 63 percent of Dangote Flour to South African consumer goods firm Tiger Brands in a deal worth US$188 million, brokers said.

The sale of 3.1 billion shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange was done at 9.50 naira (US$0.06) per share, after regulators' approval last month.

The deal is Tiger Brands' third and its biggest yet in Nigeria, Africa's

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