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There’s money everywhere.

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🧵 Everyone has the headline: Lagos Life maker Vatar raised $500k. We opened the ledger instead. Who paid, where their money was made, what each backer stands to gain, and a payments switch dated the same day the company was born. Here's what we found.

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Source: PaidHR salary report, via TechCabal (12 Oct 2026) https://t.co/ndTja0rorY

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PAPER FACTS: Line up 25,000 Nigerian salary earners from lowest to highest pay. The person in the middle takes home ₦199,972 a month.

46 out of 100 earn under ₦200,000.
10 out of 100 earn under ₦70,000, the legal minimum wage.

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Source: Dangote Petroleum Refinery Kenya GDR Information Memorandum (short form prospectus), 6 October 2026, pages 2, 3, 5, 6, 20, 21, 22, 27, 36, 41, 45, 50, 51, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60. The DPRP IPO Information Memorandum it relies on can be viewed at https://t.co/sXQSnV4bfb

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🧵 One firm in the Kenyan Dangote deal is the issuer, the depositary, the bare trustee, the lead adviser and an authorised selling agent, and the document lets it trade the receipts for itself. Meet the players and what each one is on the hook for.

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Until the offer closes, the declaration of trust, the terms and conditions, the custody agreement and the CMA approval letter are open for inspection in business hours at Renaissance, Stanbic and the advisers' offices.

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Sanctioned persons cannot hold receipts. If one does, Renaissance can order a transfer within 30 days, then sell the receipts and hold the proceeds, subject to any legal freeze.

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Source: World Bank, Nigeria Development Update, "Beyond the Federal Purse: How Higher Revenues Reshaped State Priorities", October 2026 https://t.co/NVb7jgeDud

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🧵 Where is Nigeria's growth actually coming from? Hint: internet data and services, not oil. The World Bank's new report breaks down the first half of 2026 sector by sector:

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🧵 Out today: the World Bank's new Nigeria report. Since the 2023 reforms, the money shared from the federal purse has jumped, and states got the biggest gain. So what did governors do with it? Here's the quick version.

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Upside: if tax and trade reforms deliver, security improves, infrastructure gets built and bank recapitalisation turns into more private lending, the World Bank says growth could beat its projection.

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What shifts next? Construction will likely lose some momentum as public capital spending and election-related investment fade. Manufacturing should improve as access to FX, inputs and infrastructure gets better, the report says.