State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd. (NNPC) is in the "final" stages of preparations for an initial public offering, a senior company official said on Thursday, but gave no time frame for the IPO which has been talked about for a few years.

Egypt aims to move state-owned enterprises to be managed by the country’s sovereign wealth fund, to maximize the return on state assets

South Africa has active investigations into alleged corruption totaling more than $7 billion at some of its top state-owned companies, according to a report published by the national anti-graft unit.

Beijing Energy International Holding is open to teaming up with new investors to purchase several solar farms in Australia as it looks to satisfy regulatory concerns over the ownership of key energy assets by a Chinese state-owned company.

Pakistan will privatize all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities per Reuters, broadening its initial plans to sell only loss-making state firms to shore up its shaky finances.

The court will hear arguments against the government’s plan to sell shares in 11 state-owned firms after the opposition challenged the government’s amendments to the Privitization Act according to Reuters.