Britain's richest woman Denise Coates paid herself £104 million and is now cutting 340 Bet365 jobs
Bet365 will cut about 340 jobs across Stoke, Gibraltar and Malta after tax on online casinos rose from 21% to 40% under Rachel Reeves.
Nigerian billionaire Folorunsho Alakija's FAMFA Oil faces a $6.7 million customs demand
An investigation says FAMFA Oil kept three Bombardier jets worth close to $200 million in Nigeria for over a decade on faulty import papers.
There are only 23 crypto billionaires in the world and nine of them made it on Bitcoin
Henley & Partners counts 135,694 crypto millionaires and just 23 crypto billionaires worldwide, with Bitcoin 38% below its October 2025 peak.
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.
Billionaire LeBron James is teaming up with Polymarket
LeBron James has teased a Polymarket partnership, six weeks after $273 million of contracts traded on his free agency decision.
Benin-born oil veteran Samuel Dossou-Aworet holds $1.4 billion of Nigerian oil shares
Samuel Dossou-Aworet's stakes in Seplat and Aradel are worth $1.43 billion, built by a Benin-born engineer who once ran Gabon's oil sector.
Gambian telecoms tycoon Muhammed Jah is the subject of a new children's book
Fye Network and Q Group will publish a children's book about Muhammed Jah, who began with $16,000 and built The Gambia's largest conglomerate.
South African tycoon Zunaid Moti has built a school named after Botswana's president
Zunaid Moti's African Hero unveiled the Duma Boko School and Clinic in Gaborone, months after Botswana's finance ministry rejected his proposal.
Lululemon's billionaire founder Chip Wilson is divorcing with no prenuptial agreement
Chip Wilson and Shannon Wilson filed for divorce in April with no prenuptial agreement, leaving his $6.1 billion fortune to be divided.
The Kenyatta and Ndegwa families have gained $166 million since agreeing to sell NCBA
NCBA shareholders selling to Nedbank have gained Sh21.4 billion as the South African bank's shares rose 9.5% since the offer was set in January.
Aliko Dangote says his $5 billion refinery IPO opens within twelve days
Aliko Dangote told investors in Botswana that the refinery's IPO opens within 12 days, seeking about $5 billion in what would be Africa's largest.
Everton's billionaire owners are looking for new investors after 20 months
The Friedkin Group is working with advisers on an Everton stake sale, less than two years after paying more than £400 million for the club.
Botswana wants Aliko Dangote to build its cement, and its rail line, and more
President Duma Boko told Aliko Dangote in Gaborone that Botswana wants big-ticket projects, and pointed to a Trans-Kalahari rail line starting soon.
Coinbase billionaire Fred Ehrsam wants three Venezuelan oil fields the US may seize
Fred Ehrsam's Primavera is pursuing three Venezuelan oil fields whose current operators the Trump administration is considering pushing out.
US-sanctioned Zimbabwean billionaire Kudakwashe Tagwirei has been sworn in as a senator
Sakunda founder Kudakwashe Tagwirei took his oath on Tuesday, appointed by a president who sits alongside him on the same US sanctions list.
Cameroonian cosmetics mogul Francis Nana Djomou is losing ground as imports surge 66%
Cameroon imported $99 million of cosmetics in 2025, up 66% in three years, in the market Francis Nana Djomou built with affordable local brands.