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FirstHoldCo has joined the FTSE Frontier 50 index, with chairman Femi Otedola calling it a defining milestone for the banking group.
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Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola speaks on FirstHoldCo’s inclusion in FTSE Frontier 50 Index
FirstHoldCo has joined the FTSE Frontier 50 index, with chairman Femi Otedola calling it a defining milestone for the banking group.
Aliko Dangote's refinery made $1.82 billion net profit in H1
Dangote Petroleum Refinery reported $1.82 billion of net income and $2.60 billion of EBITDA in the first half of 2026, ahead of its IPO.
5 Nigerian billionaires hold a quarter of Aradel Holdings, worth $1.1 billion
Samuel Dossou-Aworet, Fola Adeola and Ladi Jadesimi hold Aradel stakes worth $556 million, $250 million and $239 million between them.
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Deep-Dive Report: The Last Empire — Inside the €7 Billion Castel Group, Africa's Biggest Brewer, and the Family War Now Headed to a Singapore Court
The Castel Group is Africa's biggest brewer outside South Africa, sells ~€7 billion a year, and almost no one has heard of it. Now the 99-year-old founder's heirs are at war with the CEO he installed — fought inside a Singapore trust, headed for a courtroom this autumn.
Wealth Intelligence: The Index Effect — Why Nigeria's Return to FTSE's Frontier Index Rewards Dangote and First HoldCo but Leaves Out BUA, UBA and Seplat
Nigeria rejoins FTSE's frontier index on Sept 21, sending global passive capital to ten giants — Dangote Cement, First HoldCo, MTN. But BUA, UBA and Seplat were left out on free float, not size. The paradox: the concentration that makes these owners rich keeps their companies out.
Egyptian tycoon Medhat Mohamed Khalil abandons sale of Raya Foods to Helios
Medhat Khalil's Raya Holding cancelled the sale of Raya Foods to Helios after conditions went unmet, eight months after board approval.
Egyptian shipping tycoon Ahmed Tarek Khalil sells his entire Ajwa stake for $6 million
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Billionaire Naguib Sawiris wants to run some of Egypt's airports
Orascom Investment is forming a consortium with a global airport operator to bid for some of the 11 Egyptian airports going to private hands.
Egyptian billionaire Samih Sawiris is spending €200 million on a resort Morocco never finished
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Egyptian healthcare tycoon Hend El Sherbini borrows $60 million to take her company private
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Swvl raises $13m from Naguib Sawiris-backed Coefficient for US push
Four years after a $1.5bn SPAC listing that unravelled, Egypt's Swvl has raised $13 million led by Coefficient LP, the Houston firm backed by the Sawiris family — funding a US push and a new lending product for transport operators.
Moroccan canned fish billionaire Saïd Alj holds a $114 million stake in insurer Sanlam Maroc
Said Alj, the Moroccan behind Titus sardines, owns 7.206% of Sanlam Maroc, a stake worth $114 million after the Allianz Maroc merger.
Morocco has a new billionaire, Mohammed Bouzoubaa, with a $1.6 billion stake in TGCC
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Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola speaks on FirstHoldCo’s inclusion in FTSE Frontier 50 Index
FirstHoldCo has joined the FTSE Frontier 50 index, with chairman Femi Otedola calling it a defining milestone for the banking group.
Aliko Dangote's refinery made $1.82 billion net profit in H1
Dangote Petroleum Refinery reported $1.82 billion of net income and $2.60 billion of EBITDA in the first half of 2026, ahead of its IPO.
5 Nigerian billionaires hold a quarter of Aradel Holdings, worth $1.1 billion
Samuel Dossou-Aworet, Fola Adeola and Ladi Jadesimi hold Aradel stakes worth $556 million, $250 million and $239 million between them.
The oil tycoon who bought Equinor's Nigerian business is in prison over a $1.5 million dispute
The family of Chappal Energies CEO Ufoma Immanuel has petitioned President Tinubu, alleging he was handcuffed to a hospital bed in detention.
Aliko Dangote and investment banks sign Africa's biggest IPO, minimum subscription set at $3.97
Aliko Dangote signed IPO documents in Lagos on Monday. The offer runs Sept. 14 to Oct. 13, selling 4.1 billion shares at N525 each.
FirstHoldCo and Dangote Cement, controlled by Forbes-ranked billionaires, join the FTSE Frontier 50
FirstHoldCo and Dangote Cement join the FTSE Frontier 50, a far more selective index than the broader series 10 Nigerian firms entered.
Aliko Dangote's refinery is exporting less ship fuel as marine prices jump 76%
Marine fuel has risen 76% since the Iran war began. Aliko Dangote's refinery is exporting less of it and more diesel, petrol and jet fuel, which pay better. Africa imports most of what it consumes by sea.
Aliko Dangote's oil company hires three rigs to unlock 1.6 billion barrels
West African Exploration and Production, 85% owned by Dangote, has contracted three jack-up rigs to begin drilling OML 71 and 72 in December.
Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim tells Zambia's president not to waste his first term
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Billionaires Narendra Raval, Edha Nahdi bet $600 million on clinker as Sarbjit Rai enters cement business
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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
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Esther Koimett becomes Middle East Bank Kenya's largest shareholder after inheriting Nicholas Biwott's stake
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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
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South African gaming tycoon Martin Moshal gave $7.4m to four SA parties
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Inside Lebashe, the South African group sitting on $2.5 billion of Capitec shares it borrowed to buy
Lebashe holds 8.5 million Capitec shares worth R39.6 billion, pledged to two banks as security for the loans that bought them.
Angolan food magnate Nelson Carrinho to buy $452 million Banco de Fomento Angola stake
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Ben Magara's Exxaro is buying Anglo American's half of an Australian mine to sell the lot
Exxaro Resources will buy out Anglo American's half of the Moranbah South coking coal project in Queensland, then sell the entire asset to Australia's Stanmore Resources for $105 million, exiting its only offshore mining interest.
South African property developer Brett Abrahamse is bringing Hilton into Zimbabwe for the first time
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South African billionaire Sandile Zungu faces long odds in next week's SAFA election
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South African billionaire Michiel le Roux has given the DA $13 million in five years
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South African tycoon Zunaid Moti has built a school named after Botswana's president
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Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi is rebuilding his gold business in a new region
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Morocco rejects plan to nationalise Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi's collapsed SAMIR refinery
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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.
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How Djiboutian tycoon Abdourahman Boreh helped Dubai build a port empire in the Horn of Africa, then became its most inconvenient witness
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South African gaming tycoon Martin Moshal gave $7.4m to four SA parties
Martin Moshal built his fortune on online gambling and lives in Sydney. He is the largest donor to ActionSA and BOSA, second-largest to the DA. Asked about a gambling ban, one party declined to comment and another declined to answer.
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola speaks on FirstHoldCo’s inclusion in FTSE Frontier 50 Index
FirstHoldCo has joined the FTSE Frontier 50 index, with chairman Femi Otedola calling it a defining milestone for the banking group.
Aliko Dangote's refinery made $1.82 billion net profit in H1
Dangote Petroleum Refinery reported $1.82 billion of net income and $2.60 billion of EBITDA in the first half of 2026, ahead of its IPO.
5 Nigerian billionaires hold a quarter of Aradel Holdings, worth $1.1 billion
Samuel Dossou-Aworet, Fola Adeola and Ladi Jadesimi hold Aradel stakes worth $556 million, $250 million and $239 million between them.
The oil tycoon who bought Equinor's Nigerian business is in prison over a $1.5 million dispute
The family of Chappal Energies CEO Ufoma Immanuel has petitioned President Tinubu, alleging he was handcuffed to a hospital bed in detention.
Inside Lebashe, the South African group sitting on $2.5 billion of Capitec shares it borrowed to buy
Lebashe holds 8.5 million Capitec shares worth R39.6 billion, pledged to two banks as security for the loans that bought them.
Aliko Dangote and investment banks sign Africa's biggest IPO, minimum subscription set at $3.97
Aliko Dangote signed IPO documents in Lagos on Monday. The offer runs Sept. 14 to Oct. 13, selling 4.1 billion shares at N525 each.
FirstHoldCo and Dangote Cement, controlled by Forbes-ranked billionaires, join the FTSE Frontier 50
FirstHoldCo and Dangote Cement join the FTSE Frontier 50, a far more selective index than the broader series 10 Nigerian firms entered.
Aliko Dangote's refinery is exporting less ship fuel as marine prices jump 76%
Marine fuel has risen 76% since the Iran war began. Aliko Dangote's refinery is exporting less of it and more diesel, petrol and jet fuel, which pay better. Africa imports most of what it consumes by sea.
Angolan food magnate Nelson Carrinho to buy $452 million Banco de Fomento Angola stake
Angolan food and agriculture magnate Nelson Carrinho has agreed, through Congolian Financial, to buy Banco BPI's entire 33.35 percent stake in Banco de Fomento Angola for $452 million. The deal would end a 30-year Portuguese presence and deepen questions about banking concentration.
Sudanese tycoon Osama Daoud Abdellatif built a $600 million company from a tractor dealership
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Ben Magara's Exxaro is buying Anglo American's half of an Australian mine to sell the lot
Exxaro Resources will buy out Anglo American's half of the Moranbah South coking coal project in Queensland, then sell the entire asset to Australia's Stanmore Resources for $105 million, exiting its only offshore mining interest.
UAE billionaire Mohamed Alabbar moves closer to major luxury hotel investment in Zimbabwe
Emirati billionaire Mohamed Alabbar is moving closer to a major luxury hospitality investment in Zimbabwe, with Emaar preparing to inspect potential sites and finalise project details.
Billionaire Mohammed Dewji puts nearly $680 million behind African expansion
Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji is putting nearly $680 million behind an aggressive African expansion as he works to build MeTL Group into a $10 billion business by 2035.
Aliko Dangote's oil company hires three rigs to unlock 1.6 billion barrels
West African Exploration and Production, 85% owned by Dangote, has contracted three jack-up rigs to begin drilling OML 71 and 72 in December.
South African property developer Brett Abrahamse is bringing Hilton into Zimbabwe for the first time
Hilton will open its first Zimbabwe hotel in 2029 with Terrace Africa, the Harare developer South African Brett Abrahamse founded at 28.
