Aliko Dangote pledges $432,000 for a Lagos girls' hostel and jobs for first-class graduates
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has pledged ₦600 million for a girls' hostel at Lagos State University and jobs for first-class graduates.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's new $350 million superyacht has a two-storey art gallery
Yusaku Maezawa's new $350 million superyacht Nausicaä holds nine cabins, a helipad, an Olympic pool and a two-storey art gallery.
Tanzanian billionaire Mo Dewji pledges to invest $250 million in Mozambique and create 20,000 jobs
Mohammed Dewji told Mozambique's president his MeTL Group will invest $250 million in the country and employ 20,000 Mozambicans.
Tycoon Bassim Haidar's Optasia has lost 40% since February after Nigeria suspended its core service
Optasia has fallen about 40% from its February peak after Nigeria suspended airtime credit and founder Bassim Haidar cut his stake.
California's billionaires have spent $40 million fighting a 5% tax on their fortunes
California billionaires have put nearly $40 million into defeating a ballot measure taxing fortunes above $1 billion at 5%.
British school dropout James Dacombe is Europe's youngest self-made billionaire at 25
James Dacombe left school at 17 and now owns 30% of AI chip company Olix, valued at $3.3 billion after a $312 million raise.
Cameroonian billionaire Paul Fokam Kammogne's Congolese bank is $117 million in the red
Afriland First Bank RDC has negative equity of $116.9 million four years after Paul Fokam Kammogne's group was pushed out by regulators.
Football's only two billionaires, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, are both nearing the end
Cristiano Ronaldo says this is probably his last season. Lionel Messi has voiced doubts after his father's death. Both are billionaires.
Egypt's billionaire Elsewedy family is building a $1 billion phosphate complex at Ain Sokhna
Egypt's petroleum minister met Ahmed El-Sewedy to accelerate a $1 billion phosphate fertiliser complex being built at Ain Sokhna.
Egyptian tycoon Nagy Toma's factories make 20 million garments a year for Benetton and Decathlon
Nagy Toma's Dice Group runs six Egyptian factories and 8,500 workers, making 20.4 million garments a year for brands including Benetton.
Late Home Depot billionaire Bernie Marcus's foundation funds a $28.7 million heart trial
The Marcus Foundation has given $28.7 million to USC for a stem cell trial to regenerate heart muscle destroyed by heart attacks.
American billionaire Jeff Bezos is buying into Liverpool at a record $7 billion valuation
Jeff Bezos has joined a consortium buying about 30% of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group at a valuation above $7 billion.
Ugandan tycoon Amos Nzeyi is still farming land he sold to the state pension fund in 2008
Uganda's Parliament has summoned Pepsi bottler Amos Nzeyi over 55 acres he sold the state pension fund in 2008 but never handed over.
Kenya's Co-operative Bank, led by Gideon Muriuki, posts $139 million in half-year profit
Kenya's Co-operative Bank, led by Gideon Muriuki, lifted half-year net profit 28% to $139 million on higher interest and fee income.
Billionaire Patrice Motsepe triumphs as Tanzanian court strikes off $195 million claim
The High Court of Tanzania removed the claim from its roll over unjoined parties, leaving the underlying allegations against Patrice Motsepe's companies undecided.
South African billionaire Zak Calisto has sold $11.5 million of Karooooo stock in three weeks
Zak Calisto has sold 180,282 Karooooo shares worth about $11.5 million since late July, while keeping a stake valued above $1.1 billion.