Dangote Refinery Set To Crown Africa’s Biggest Company By December

Investors have been reassured by Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, that by the end of December 2026, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE will be the most successful business in Africa.

On Monday, the billionaire businessman gave his opening remarks during the Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Lagos on the NGX trading floor.

Today, September 14, 2026, is the opening day of the initial public offering (IPO), which will offer 4.1 billion new ordinary shares at a price of N525 each. A minimum subscription of 10 shares, worth N5,250, is required. Subject to the conditions specified in the prospectus, the offer is anticipated to be open until October 13, 2026.

“The IPO is about making sure that we invite the public so that they can get part of the investment. Most likely, people don’t even know what they are buying. But I can tell you. Everything is in the hands of God, but by the end of this year, this is going to be the largest company in Africa, not in Nigeria. So you are buying a future where the company will be way ahead of a lot of seven companies. Don’t let the train leave you at the station.”

“However, we believe that a project of this magnitude should not create value for only a few people. Not only for Nigerians. The IPO provides opportunity for teachers, civil servants, people who even have their children abroad, to now have the confidence of keeping them abroad, so that even when there is devaluation, they will continue to pay their school fees because you will be getting your dividends in dollars.”

“The IPO is about making sure that we invite the public so that they can get part of the investment.

“Most likely, people don’t even know what they are buying. But I can tell you. Everything is in the hands of God, but by the end of this year, this is going to be the largest company in Africa, not in Nigeria.

“So you are buying a future where the company will be way ahead of a lot of seven companies. Don’t the train leave you at the station.

“However, we believe that a project of this magnitude should not create value for only a few people. Not only for Nigerians.

“The IPO provides opportunity for teachers, civil servants, people who even have their children abroad, to now have the confidence of keeping them abroad, so that even when there is devaluation, they will continue to pay their school fees because you will be getting your dividends in dollars.”

“Today is not about listing a company but about listing a company for Nigerians, for Africa and for the black race.

“Today we formally open the Initial Public Offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, and we are inviting Nigerians, Africans, Caribbeans, Europeans, Americans, Chinese and everybody across the world to become shareholders in one of the world’s and Africa’s most transformational industrious project.

“This moment represents the fulfillment of a commitment I made several years ago, that when the refinery becomes fully operational of sustainable value and derisk investment- because we don’t want people to risk their money- when people risk and lose their money, our image will be dented. That is why what we are selling to the people is what their generations can benefit from. That is why the ownership of the refinery is brought to the people to allow them to share in the prosperity that we have created and we will continue to create.

“The primary purpose of making this offer is to democratise wealth creation. If it is the question of raising money, I think we have raised more than what we need as a group to execute all our projects. So far, we have $46 billion in the pipeline to invest and expand our various businesses to take us to our Vision 2030, and I think we are on track, and we will keep tracking ourselves to make sure we remain on track.”

“The real purpose of this fund is that when we did the private placement, we wanted to sell $2.5 billion. The IPO was $1.5 billion, and the private placement was $1 billion. We went in for $1 billion, and it was very encouraging working to meet the demand. And we even insisted that everybody should go and even insisted everyone should go and pay in dollars. We refused to collect currencies other than dollars. And we had to allocate and reallocate.

“I remember that myself, Marat, Chuka, Bolaji, during the process ended up returning a lot of applications amounting to $1.2 billion, and we took only $2.5 billion. So $2.5 billion is a lot and exactly what we plan to do for Africans to expand the business and take it to the next level. So with the private placement, we have already met all our demands”, he said.

Despite the circulating rumors and skepticism about the IPO shares, I hope this announcement will help put those doubts to rest. The official developments and the scale of the Dangote Refinery speak for themselves, and it’s clear that the opportunities are real. Hopefully, this reassures everyone and dispels any lingering doubts about the legitimacy of the IPO.