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  "id": 1954461,
  "title": "Dangote Refinery secures $1 billion underwriting ahead of IPO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/dangote-refinery-secures-1-billion-underwriting-ahead-of-ipo",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T14:29:04.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/08/19/2026/dangote-refinery-secures-1-billion-underwriting-ahead-of-ipo"
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  "summary": "The underwriting program comes from two firms, and forms part of a push towards an initial public offering this year.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Africa Business",
        "title": "Planned Dangote Refinery IPO boosted by $1bn underwriting deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/planned-dangote-refinery-ipo-boosted-by-1bn-underwriting-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:45:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}