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Damilola Esebame, FinanceTracked

Damilola Esebame

Head of Content & Senior Finance Journalist

About Damilola

Damilola Esebame leads FinanceTracked’s content strategy with a unique blend of journalism expertise and certified financial education. As an NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor℠ (CFEI®), he brings both professional credentials and a genuine commitment to making finance accessible to everyone.

With eight years of editorial experience, Damilola specializes in stock market analysis, NGX equities, DeFi, crypto, macroeconomics, and FX. He leads daily NGX reporting and international equity coverage alongside his work in emerging financial technologies. His bylines have appeared in leading outlets including FinanceFeeds and Investing.com, where he delivers data-backed explainers, market analysis, and interviews that transform complex financial concepts into practical insights.

Beyond the bylines, Damilola has worked directly with individuals on budgeting, debt recovery, and financial planning, bringing empathy and real-world practicality to every piece of guidance. His teaching philosophy centers on clarity and action, ensuring readers not only understand financial concepts but can confidently apply them.

At FinanceTracked, Damilola oversees editorial direction, content quality, and the development of resources that serve both everyday individuals and finance professionals.

Articles by Damilola Esebame

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Dangote refinery IPO date
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Dangote Refinery’s ₦2.15trn IPO hits a milestone

Nigeria’s SEC has approved Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s public share sale, putting the order book for 4.1 billion shares on course to open within days.

Damilola EsebameSep 5, 2026
Caricature picture of Dangote in his refinery
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Dangote sets Africa’s $5bn IPO on a countdown

Dangote’s 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery is about to test Africa’s capital markets with a $5 billion public offering that could reshape the continent’s investment landscape.

Damilola EsebameSep 4, 2026
Caricature image of Dangote and refinery
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Dangote lifts Nigeria refining to record 43.94% in Q2

Dangote Refinery pushed Nigeria’s oil refining growth to its highest print under the rebased GDP series, fresh NBS data confirms.

Damilola EsebameSep 1, 2026
Caricature image of Moove company exterior
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Moove’s next chapter after 76 Lagos vehicles is massive

Moove pulled off the largest single funding round by an African startup in 2026, and it is betting everything on robotaxis.

Damilola EsebameAug 31, 2026
Caricature image of Aradel Holdings factory
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Aradel surges 5.7% as NGX selloff claims another ₦443bn

Aradel Holdings snapped a brutal two-day losing streak on August 21, but the broader Nigerian equities market kept sliding for a ninth straight session.

Damilola EsebameAug 22, 2026
Caricature image of Dangote and refinery
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Dangote offers 30% stake to three East African nations

Dangote is carving out a $1.5 billion slice of his planned Kenyan mega refinery for regional governments eager to buy in.

Damilola EsebameAug 21, 2026
Aliko Dangote's portrait caricature
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Dangote raises petrol by ₦20 yet still undercuts rivals

Dangote Petroleum Refinery hiked its wholesale petrol price for the first time in weeks. Rival depots across Lagos are still charging more per liter despite the ₦20 increase.

Damilola EsebameAug 21, 2026
Caricature image of Sterling Financial Holdings building
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Sterling draws 185,000 shares as NGX sentiment sours

Sterling Financial Holdings drew over 185,000 shares on August 19 without budging from ₦7.75, while the Nigerian Exchange shed ₦556 billion in its seventh straight session of losses.

Damilola EsebameAug 20, 2026
Taiwo Oyedele, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy speaking
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Oyedele breaks down where Nigeria’s ₦15.8tn went

Oyedele’s reform scorecard shows the Federal Government kept only ₦5.43tn of the ₦15.8tn in subsidy savings while spending pressures ballooned to ₦30.64tn

Damilola EsebameAug 20, 2026
Standard Bank building
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Standard Bank chases OPay stake before $4B US IPO

Africa’s largest lender is in discussions to buy into OPay before the Nigerian fintech lists its shares in New York later this year.

Damilola EsebameAug 19, 2026
FirstHoldCo building
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First HoldCo slips to ₦130 as big banks trade sideways

First HoldCo shares dropped to their lowest level in two weeks while GTCO, Zenith, and UBA barely moved, as the NGX shed ₦544 billion in a single session.

Damilola EsebameAug 19, 2026
Airtel Africa building
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Airtel Africa adds $15m more firepower to share buyback

Airtel Africa expanded its Barclays buyback agreement just three months into a program that has already consumed over 18 million shares, and the company is not slowing down.

Damilola EsebameAug 18, 2026