Tycoon Bassim Haidar's Optasia has lost 40% since February after Nigeria suspended its core service
Billionaires Africa | 19.08.2026 02:51
Optasia arrived on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in November as the biggest new listing South Africa had seen in years. Nine months later it trades roughly 40 percent below its peak, and the fund managers who bought it at the offer have been getting out.
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