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The top 10 African companies on the LSE have a combined market cap of £29.8B; Airtel Africa leads with £7.32B
  • The combined market cap of the top 10 African firms on the LSE is £29.8B.
  • Airtel Africa leads with £7.32B, the largest market cap among African-listed companies.
  • Endeavour Mining follows with £5.63B, making it the largest extractive industry player on the list.
  • Commercial International Bank is the top financial services firm with £4.27B.
  • Five companies from financial services are in the top 10, collectively representing a major sectoral share.
  • The telecom sector is represented by Airtel Africa and Helios Towers (£1.25B), showing telecom’s increasing investment appeal.
  • Nigeria has two companies — Guarantee Trust HoldCo and Seplat Energy — [each] with over £1B market cap.

The Nigerian stock market's all-share index reached 126.7K in July 2025, surging by 8.6% month-on-month
  • July 2025 saw the ASI rise by 8.6%, the largest monthly jump in over a year.
  • The index grew steadily for four straight months from April to July 2025.
  • ASI climbed from 99.5K in June 2024 to 126.7K in July 2025, a 27.3% increase overall.
  • August 2024 recorded the sharpest monthly drop at -2.9%.
  • December 2024 and January 2025 posted back-to-back strong gains of 2.5% and 3.8% respectively.
  • May and June 2025 saw healthy gains of 4.2% and 6.6%, paving the way for July’s surge.

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