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African Wealth Briefing — Mon., Sept. 21, 2026
Fresh from listing his refinery, Aliko Dangote unveiled a $3.5 billion, 2,650-kilometre pipeline to pump fuel across Southern Africa. And in South Africa, Saki Macozoma sold his entire manganese business to Exxaro for R11.7 billion.
The Inside Story: So He Bought a Bank — How GT Ferreira Was Refused a Banking Licence in 1977, Then Built One of South Africa's Great Fortunes
In 1977, GT Ferreira and two partners applied for a banking licence in South Africa. They were refused. So, over the next eight years, they simply built the thing the regulator wouldn't hand them — buying their way into control of a merchant bank and turning it into the foundation of FirstRand.
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Emeka Okwuosa's Oilserv helped build the AKK pipeline, Nigeria's gas backbone. Two months later it signed to develop two blocks in Gabon — the moment a contractor becomes a developer. Inside Nigeria's indigenous pipeline champion and its move up the value chain, and across borders.
Investor Memo: The Clean Exit — Why Saki Macozoma Sold His Entire Manganese Business to Exxaro for R11.7 Billion and Kept Everything Else
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South African billionaire GT Ferreira was refused a banking licence so he bought a bank
Gerrit Ferreira and two partners were refused a banking licence in 1977. Eight years later they took control of Johann Rupert's Rand Merchant Bank.
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Nigeria's four billionaires are running the playbook that built industrial America
Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu and Otedola are running versions of the playbooks Rockefeller, Ford, Carnegie and Morgan used to build America.
South African tycoon Saki Macozoma sold his manganese and kept the trucks, gaming and copper
Safika sold its entire manganese portfolio to Exxaro for R11.7 billion. It kept trucking, gaming, telecoms repair and a Northern Cape copper stake.
A supplier is trying to wind up Botswana tycoon Chandra Chauhan's Sefalana over $615,000 debt
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Nigerians who bought $4 of Dangote's refinery are calling board meetings online
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Sadio Mané is investing $20 million of his own money in a mango factory in his village
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