Billionaire John Arnold funds $2.6 million study into the health risks of sports betting
Billionaire John Arnold's foundation has awarded $2.6 million to 12 universities and think tanks studying how online sports betting harms users.
Kiwi billionaire Stephen Jennings faces new Mauritius fight over Kenya's Tatu City
Kenyan investors want Mauritius' top court to let them arbitrate against Stephen Jennings' Rendeavour over dilution of their Tatu City stakes.
Tycoon Julius Rone's UTM FLNG signs 15-year gas deal for Nigeria's first floating LNG plant
Julius Rone's UTM FLNG signed a 15-year deal with NNPC and Seplat for feed gas, clearing a hurdle to Nigeria's first floating LNG.
Allam family's Hassan Allam wins contract for Montage hotel and villas at Ras El-Hekma
Hassan Allam Construction has won the contract to build a 200-key Montage hotel and 96 branded villas at Egypt's Ras El-Hekma megaproject.
Nigerian-American billionaire Adebayo Ogunlesi meets Uzbekistan's president to expand BlackRock's investments
Nigerian banker Adebayo Ogunlesi met the president of Uzbekistan to discuss growing BlackRock's energy and finance investments in the country.
Tiger Woods-backed Full Swing sold to Golf Channel owner Versant for $530 million
Full Swing, the golf simulator company Tiger Woods has backed since 2015, is being sold to Golf Channel owner Versant for about $530 million.
Burkinabe tycoon Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank sets up Cameroon unit as it pushes into Central Africa
Coris Bank, led by Idrissa Nassa, has incorporated a Cameroonian subsidiary and named its leaders, awaiting approval to start operations. Ghost
Wealth Intelligence: Johann Rupert — The Luxury Throne
Africa’s second-richest man controls Cartier, a healthcare empire and a web of listed holdings — quietly, from Stellenbosch. As Remgro seizes full control of Mediclinic, a full read of the Rupert fortune.
The Inside Story: The Cold-Chain King
From a frozen-fish stall in a Yaoundé market, Sylvestre Ngouchinghe built a company that controls how much of a nation eats fish. The infrastructure bet behind a $280 million empire.
Deep-Dive Report: Christo Wiese — The Long Way Back
He was nearly Africa’s richest man — then Steinhoff’s accounting fraud erased billions in days. The methodical rebuild of a retail legend through Shoprite, Brait and Invicta, and an honest read of the fortune.
Angola prepares to list Unitel, the telecom empire seized from former billionaire Isabel dos Santos
Unitel, the Angolan telecoms giant once part-owned by Isabel dos Santos, will start an IPO roadshow next week ahead of listing a 15% stake.
Africa's richest man unveils plans for a 2,000-megawatt power plant, fertiliser complex and a new port in Tanzania
Aliko Dangote has unveiled plans for a 2,000-megawatt coal power plant, a urea fertiliser complex and new port infrastructure in Tanzania after meeting President Samia Suluhu.
Uganda military shuts Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz's Nation Media Group outlets
Uganda's military chief General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has shut down Nation Media Group's Ugandan operations just four months after Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz acquired a controlling stake.
Billionaire Tiger Woods is building a second championship golf course in Virginia
Tiger Woods' TGR Design has been tapped to build a second championship golf course at Tributer Resort in Virginia as his off-course business empire continues to expand.
Sam Jonah engineered Africa's $1.48 billion gold merger then rejected the billionaire label
The Ghanaian mining titan turned a single Obuasi pit into a global gold giant, then spent his later years questioning who really owns Africa.
Nedbank's takeover of NCBA clears key African regulatory hurdles as Kenyatta family windfall moves closer to completion
Nedbank's $856 million takeover of NCBA Group has secured key East African regulatory approvals, bringing the Kenyatta and Ndegwa families' Sh21.9 billion windfall closer to completion.