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Stocks cautious before Nvidia/Jackson Hole, Crypto consolidating after monster rally, Startup money flowing to AI infrastructure in space and on Earth.

Nigeria's Dangote refinery is driving a 7x rise in Nigeria's petroleum product exports. Intra-Nigerian shipments jumped to 211,000 bpd in Q2 2026 vs 81,000 bpd in 2025, and exports to Europe hit 130,000 bpd.

Wall Street still accumulating - JPMorgan quadrupled its BlackRock Ethereum ETF position to ∼1.17M shares and disclosed $610M position in BlackRock Bitcoin ETF.

Africa's Business Heroes 2026: Top 20 finalists announced from 24,000+ applications across 54 countries - includes 2 Moroccans, Meriem Benabad and Nidal Tafah. Semi-finals in Nairobi Aug 21-22

Major U.S. stock indexes advanced during the week—with several notching fresh record highs—as generally favorable corporate earnings, renewed enthusiasm around AI-related stocks

NGX: The Nigerian market stayed bullish mid-week. On Thursday Aug 13, the market maintained its upward trend as investors hunted value, with about N50bn gain thanks to Nigerian Breweries, MTNN and others.

According to AfriWallStreet's research note, the Dangote Refinery IPO represents far more than a listing – it is the repricing of Nigerian capital market ambition.

The Dangote Group has "strong intent" to list its petroleum refinery in South Africa after its Nigeria IPO — the JSE confirmed it engaged with Dangote this week.

AI infrastructure + physical AI are eating the funding chart, but enterprise pain-point plays (healthcare revenue cycle, cyber) still raising $100M+ rounds

Bitcoin was trading around $62,900, down from overnight highs around $65,300 on July 31. In another snapshot it was trading around $62,500 after losing more than 14.5% since the start of the week.

S&P Global agreed to buy a majority stake in pan-African ratings agency Agusto & Co, which operates in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana. Agusto will keep its own ratings and methodologies.