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Ahmed El Sewedy's ESI has partnered with Abu Dhabi-headquartered EV company ROX in a $500 million joint venture to manufacture electric vehicles in Egypt for African markets.
Othman Benjelloun's O Capital Group ranked 21st on Forbes Middle East's 2026 Arab family business list as Morocco set a new record with five entries.
Egypt's Hassan Allam Holding has won a $727 million contract to build the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and mixed-use superblock at Saudi Arabia's Diriyah giga-project.
Kylian Mbappe earns $100 million a year, is chasing the all-time World Cup scoring record and is quietly building a $250 million empire designed to survive long after football ends.
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has joined a $2 million pre-seed round in UAE fintech Sovra, a self-custodial global dollar account platform.
Morocco's billionaire Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch is opposing opposition bills to cap fuel prices and nationalise the Samir refinery in a market he controls through Afriquia.
Hassan Allam Digital Infrastructure has signed a $400 million deal with Egypt's telecoms regulator to build a data centre complex serving government, financial and cloud computing clients.
Saudi billionaire Abdulrahman Sharbatly's Golden Pyramids Plaza posted an 89% year-on-year profit collapse in Q1 2026 to $4.9 million despite revenues holding near $25.4 million.
Ahmed Abou Hashima invested over $1 billion at 35 to build Egyptian Steel and has since expanded into cement, media, agriculture, solar energy and banking.
Naguib Sawiris is pressing ahead with a 93-room five-star resort in Mykonos set to open in May 2027, a year after his first hotel on the island shut down.
Egypt's MNT-Halan has hit a $1.4 billion valuation after Al Ahly Capital led a new funding round marking the first time a commercial bank has taken an equity stake in the fintech unicorn.
Aston Villa heads into the Champions League season without a shirt sponsor, with a £40 million deal sitting unclaimed as Nassef Sawiris' club weighs its options.
Rita Maria Zniber married the founder of Morocco's largest private agribusiness empire in 1979, spent three decades learning it from the inside and has run it since 2014.
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has called for a national programme to collect, treat and export Egypt's stray dogs to countries where demand for pets exists.
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has ignited a fierce national debate after publicly calling for Egypt's state television channels to be closed over billions in annual losses.
Algeria's financial crimes tribunal has sentenced jailed tycoon Mahieddine Tahkout to 10 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of all his assets worldwide.