Nigerian Billionaire, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Leads BlackRock’s $23bn Acquisition of Panama Canal Ports Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Months after President Donald Trump had been hammering Panama over its most valuable asset, the Panama Canal, an investment group led by
BlackRock, a giant American asset manager, has agreed to buy two ports in the place owned by a Hong Kong company. BlackRock will buy the ports, which sit at either end of the canal,
and over 40 others from the Hong Kong conglomerate, CK Hutchison, for about $23 billion. Though Trump has other complaints about the canal, he said it charges too much. President José Raúl Mulino of
Panama appeared to downplay the geopolitical implications of the proposed acquisition, describing the deal in a social media post as “a global transaction, between private companies, motivated by mutual
interests.” Adebayo Ogunlesi, Founding Partner, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a subsidiary of BlackRock, will lead the move to acquire the key
port operations near the Panama Canal in the deal. As part of the agreement, GIP will manage the newly acquired Continued on page 10
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