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Byron Allen's family office has bought another 4.3 million BuzzFeed shares for $4.7 million, its fourth purchase since taking control of the company in May.
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Burkinabè billionaire Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank donates $178,000 to children of fallen soldiers
Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank International has given 100 million CFA francs to Burkina Faso's government to support children of soldiers and volunteers killed in action.
Byron Allen's BuzzFeed spending reaches $132 million
Byron Allen's family office has bought another 4.3 million BuzzFeed shares for $4.7 million, its fourth purchase since taking control of the company in May.
Egypt's fintech unicorn MNT-Halan to sell 20% stake in Cairo IPO
MNT-Halan, Egypt's first fintech unicorn, will sell 20% of its Egyptian business on the EGX in one of the country's largest IPOs in years.
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The Inside Story: The Long Game — How Femi Otedola Rotated From Oil to Power to Banking and Took the Chair of Nigeria's Oldest Bank
Femi Otedola sold his oil business near its peak, built a power company worth more than ten times its listing value, then sold that too and put the money into Nigeria's oldest bank. Five years later he is its chairman and largest owner. The strategy behind his $815 million quarter.
Deep-Dive Report: The Nigerian Quarter — Oil, Banks and a Stronger Naira Lined Up at Once, and the Investors Who Kept Buying Made Billions
Otedola up $815 million, Dangote up $2.31 billion, Dossou-Aworet up $430 million, the refinery past full capacity. Oil, bank shares and a stronger naira lined up at once. What drove Nigeria's best quarter for wealth in years, who positioned for it, and what would unwind it.
Investor Memo: The Key Man — Wicknell Chivayo's Death Leaves State Contracts in Three Countries Resting on a Company Built Around One Person
Wicknell Chivayo died three weeks after Gwanda got its notice to proceed. Solar in Zimbabwe and Eswatini, a stake in Kenya's airport: a pipeline worth hundreds of millions, resting on one man. What happens to it, and the lesson for anyone backing a founder-led contractor.
Egypt's fintech unicorn MNT-Halan to sell 20% stake in Cairo IPO
MNT-Halan, Egypt's first fintech unicorn, will sell 20% of its Egyptian business on the EGX in one of the country's largest IPOs in years.
Billionaire Othman Benjelloun's Bank of Africa lifts first-half profit 10% to $261 million
Othman Benjelloun's Bank of Africa lifted first-half profit 10% to 2.5 billion dirhams as lower bad-loan charges offset a 37% fall in trading income.
Billionaire Aziz Akhannouch to leave office as Morocco names first woman prime minister
Morocco's king named Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri prime minister, ending the five-year premiership of billionaire fuel tycoon Aziz Akhannouch after his party lost.
Egyptian billionaire Ahmed Elsewedy gains $174 million in Q3 as Elsewedy Electric shares climb
Ahmed Elsewedy's stake in El Sewedy Electric rose $174 million in the third quarter as the Egyptian cable maker's shares climbed 25.6%.
Billionaire Naguib Sawiris expects new gold finds in Egypt to reach at least 1 million ounces
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris expects his company's new gold exploration areas in Egypt to yield at least 1 million ounces of gold.
Africa's richest monarch watches his mining company multiply profit tenfold in six months
Managem, the mining arm of the Moroccan royal family's Al Mada, lifted first-half profit to 3.778 billion dirhams from 380 million a year earlier.
Algerian billionaire Abderrahmane Benhamadi's Condor breaks into Mali with 37 containers
Condor is shipping 37 containers of electronics and appliances to six markets, entering Mali for the first time as a gateway to the Sahel.
Billionaire Aziz Akhannouch's party loses Morocco's election and a third of its seats
Morocco's PAM won 97 of 395 seats in provisional results, while Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's RNI fell from 102 seats to 66 on 38% turnout.
Burkinabè billionaire Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank donates $178,000 to children of fallen soldiers
Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank International has given 100 million CFA francs to Burkina Faso's government to support children of soldiers and volunteers killed in action.
Franco-Lebanese tycoon Hayssam El Jammal Prometal secures $45 million Afreximbank loan
Afreximbank has approved a €40 million revolving facility for Prometal, the Cameroonian steel group built by Franco-Lebanese industrialist Hayssam El Jammal.
Nigerian billionaire Jim Ovia gains $144 million on Zenith Bank shares in third quarter
Jim Ovia's Zenith Bank stake rose $144 million in the third quarter as the lender's shares climbed 27.6% on the Nigerian Exchange.
Nigerian businessman Fola Adeola gains $55 million on Aradel shares in third quarter
GTBank co-founder Fola Adeola's Aradel stake rose $54.7 million in the third quarter as Nigerian oil producers rallied on high crude prices.
Gabonese billionaire Samuel Dossou-Aworet gains $430 million in Q3 as Seplat and Aradel shares surge
Samuel Dossou-Aworet's stakes in Seplat Energy and Aradel Holdings rose $430 million in the third quarter as Nigerian oil stocks rallied.
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola gained $815 million in Q3 as First HoldCo shares nearly tripled
Femi Otedola gained about $815 million in the third quarter as First HoldCo shares rose 180% while he spent 351 billion naira on more stock.
Billionaire Aliko Dangote gained $2.3 billion in 3rd quarter, excluding refinery revaluation
A 19.7% rally in Dangote Cement lifted Aliko Dangote's listed stakes by $2.31 billion in the third quarter, separate from Forbes' refinery revaluation.
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan praises Azikel's $1 billion refinery
Goodluck Jonathan toured Eruani Azibapu's $1 billion Azikel refinery in Bayelsa, backed by Afreximbank and AFC, calling it a hub for Niger Delta industry.
Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim tells Zambia's president not to waste his first term
Mo Ibrahim told Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema not to waste his first-term progress, citing arrests, the death of a former MP and court closures.
Billionaires Narendra Raval, Edha Nahdi bet $600 million on clinker as Sarbjit Rai enters cement business
Narendra Raval's West Pokot plant and Edha Nahdi's Kwale project commit roughly Sh77 billion ($600m) to clinker, the input East Africa has always imported. Now Sarbjit Singh Rai has filed for a third plant in Nyeri.
President Paul Kagame says Rwanda wants a stake in Dangote's $16 billion Kenyan refinery
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has confirmed his country is in early talks about taking a stake in Aliko Dangote's planned $16 billion Lamu oil refinery, saying Rwanda would be "very happy" to participate.
Aliko Dangote offers Kenya a $500 million stake in $20 billion Lamu refinery as September groundbreaking nears
Aliko Dangote has offered Kenya a $500 million stake in his planned $20 billion Lamu oil refinery, with groundbreaking now targeted for September as East African governments weigh their participation.
Madagascar's richest man Ylias Akbaraly attacks Elon Musk's layoffs in a new book
Madagascar's richest man Ylias Akbaraly criticises Elon Musk's mass layoffs in a new memoir, saying job cuts expose people to social death.
Esther Koimett becomes Middle East Bank Kenya's largest shareholder after inheriting Nicholas Biwott's stake
Esther Koimett, daughter of the late Kenyan billionaire and cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott, has emerged as Middle East Bank Kenya's largest individual shareholder with a 17.48% stake.
Aliko Dangote plans $17 billion refinery on Kenya's Lamu Island to end East Africa's fuel imports
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote has selected Kenya's Lamu Island as the site for a $17 billion refinery that would transform East Africa's fuel supply.
High Court clears the way to distribute Simeon Nyachae's estate
A Kenyan court has dismissed a challenge by Simeon Nyachae's son, clearing the way to distribute the late politician's sprawling estate and business empire
Wicknell Chivayo, 1980-2026: The Man Who Showed You Everything
He went to prison at 24, built an energy company, won close to a billion dollars of state contracts, gave away Mercedes-Benzes on camera and stood beside half a dozen presidents and a king. Wicknell Chivayo died on Wednesday in a helicopter crash, aged 45. Zimbabwe cannot agree what it has lost.
Malawian billionaires Thom Mpinganjira and Hitesh Anadkat lose $134 million in Q3 as bank shares fall
Thom Mpinganjira and Hitesh Anadkat lost a combined $134 million in the third quarter as FDH Bank and FMB Capital shares fell.
South African billionaire Piet Mouton loses $130 million on Capitec shares in third quarter
Piet Mouton's Capitec stake lost $130 million in the third quarter as shares of South Africa's biggest retail bank fell 7%.
South African billionaire Jannie Mouton loses $115 million on Capitec shares in third quarter
PSG founder Jannie Mouton's Capitec stake lost $115 million in the third quarter as shares of South Africa's biggest retail bank fell 7%.
Zimbabwean luxury jeweler Alexander Mavros ventures into hospitality
The family behind luxury jeweler Patrick Mavros has opened The Palm Club in Harare and is eyeing more sites in Zimbabwe and Cape Town.
Wicknell Chivayo’s family confirms his death following fatal Zimbabwe helicopter crash
The family of Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has confirmed his death following a helicopter crash in Marondera that killed all six people aboard the aircraft.
Controversial Zimbabwean tycoon Wicknell Chivayo reported dead in helicopter crash
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife were among six people reported killed when a helicopter crashed near Marondera, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday evening.
Eswatini billionaire Natie Kirsh builds giant New York family office after $29 billion deal
Natie Kirsh's family is hiring investment chiefs to run what could be one of the biggest family offices after the $29 billion Restaurant Depot sale.
Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi's failed refinery cost Morocco $7 billion
Mohammed Al-Amoudi bought Morocco's only refinery for 4 billion dirhams in 1997. It shut in 2015 owing over $4 billion and has never reopened.
Billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi orders his conglomerate to hire 40,000 more Ethiopians
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Tewodros Ashenafi is the man foreign companies use to get into Ethiopia
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Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi is rebuilding his gold business in a new region
MIDROC has ordered Austrian machinery for a plant treating 1.25 million tonnes of ore a year, eight years after Ethiopia suspended its main mine.
Morocco rejects plan to nationalise Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi's collapsed SAMIR refinery
Morocco's upper house has rejected a bid to nationalise the SAMIR refinery, the shuttered facility once owned by billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi that collapsed under $4 billion in debt.
Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi's MIDROC secures $80 million for Sheraton Addis upgrade
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Qatar's billionaire Al-Khayyat family is bidding to build Africa's largest airport in Ethiopia
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Somali tycoon Amina Moghe Hersi's Atiak Sugar Factory has eaten $204 million and produced nothing in years. Uganda is demanding answers.
Uganda's parliament is demanding answers after Amina Moghe Hersi's Atiak Sugar Factory consumed $204 million in public and private funds without producing sugar in years.
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Burkinabè billionaire Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank donates $178,000 to children of fallen soldiers
Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank International has given 100 million CFA francs to Burkina Faso's government to support children of soldiers and volunteers killed in action.
Byron Allen's BuzzFeed spending reaches $132 million
Byron Allen's family office has bought another 4.3 million BuzzFeed shares for $4.7 million, its fourth purchase since taking control of the company in May.
Egypt's fintech unicorn MNT-Halan to sell 20% stake in Cairo IPO
MNT-Halan, Egypt's first fintech unicorn, will sell 20% of its Egyptian business on the EGX in one of the country's largest IPOs in years.
Franco-Lebanese tycoon Hayssam El Jammal Prometal secures $45 million Afreximbank loan
Afreximbank has approved a €40 million revolving facility for Prometal, the Cameroonian steel group built by Franco-Lebanese industrialist Hayssam El Jammal.
Ugandan billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia buys Old Mutual's Kampala building
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Billionaire Othman Benjelloun's Bank of Africa lifts first-half profit 10% to $261 million
Othman Benjelloun's Bank of Africa lifted first-half profit 10% to 2.5 billion dirhams as lower bad-loan charges offset a 37% fall in trading income.
Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji explores Uganda investment opportunities with Gen Saleh
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African Wealth Briefing — Thurs., Oct. 1, 2026
Wicknell Chivayo, Zimbabwe's most visible and most argued-over businessman, died on Wednesday evening with his wife when their helicopter crashed near Marondera.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote partners with Honeywell on $16 billion Kenya refinery
Aliko Dangote has picked Honeywell for a $300 million role in his $16 billion Kenya refinery, reusing Lekki designs to save nearly two years.
The Inside Story: The Long Game — How Femi Otedola Rotated From Oil to Power to Banking and Took the Chair of Nigeria's Oldest Bank
Femi Otedola sold his oil business near its peak, built a power company worth more than ten times its listing value, then sold that too and put the money into Nigeria's oldest bank. Five years later he is its chairman and largest owner. The strategy behind his $815 million quarter.
Deep-Dive Report: The Nigerian Quarter — Oil, Banks and a Stronger Naira Lined Up at Once, and the Investors Who Kept Buying Made Billions
Otedola up $815 million, Dangote up $2.31 billion, Dossou-Aworet up $430 million, the refinery past full capacity. Oil, bank shares and a stronger naira lined up at once. What drove Nigeria's best quarter for wealth in years, who positioned for it, and what would unwind it.
Investor Memo: The Key Man — Wicknell Chivayo's Death Leaves State Contracts in Three Countries Resting on a Company Built Around One Person
Wicknell Chivayo died three weeks after Gwanda got its notice to proceed. Solar in Zimbabwe and Eswatini, a stake in Kenya's airport: a pipeline worth hundreds of millions, resting on one man. What happens to it, and the lesson for anyone backing a founder-led contractor.
Billionaire Tyler Perry lists his $57 million Beverly Hills mansion as the Puerto Rico move gets real
Tyler Perry has put his Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $57 million, two weeks after announcing a move to Puerto Rico, with a Wyoming estate also listed.
Billionaire Gautam Adani reclaims India's richest title from Mukesh Ambani
Gautam Adani is India's richest person again, worth $112.7 billion on Forbes' 2026 list, ending Mukesh Ambani's three-year run at the top.
Why billionaire Larry Ellison paid $10 million for eight suburban Florida houses he'll never live in
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison spent nearly $10 million on eight homes in a gated Florida suburb to house his children's tutors and household staff, the WSJ reports.
Wicknell Chivayo, 1980-2026: The Man Who Showed You Everything
He went to prison at 24, built an energy company, won close to a billion dollars of state contracts, gave away Mercedes-Benzes on camera and stood beside half a dozen presidents and a king. Wicknell Chivayo died on Wednesday in a helicopter crash, aged 45. Zimbabwe cannot agree what it has lost.
