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Algerian businessman Mahieddine Tahkout faces fresh corruption allegations over diverted funds and international money laundering in a widening legal case.
South African-born Gary Lubner, former Belron chief executive and major Labour donor, stands to pocket close to $1 billion if the Autoglass parent lists in Amsterdam.
Arthur Eze's Oranto sells 75 percent of São Tomé Block 3 to Petrobras, Glencore and Motsepe's ARM overturn a SARS diesel refund ruling, and Dangote commits N500 billion to close Nigeria's 1.2 million-tonne sugar import gap.
JSE-listed fintech Optasia has suspended airtime credit services in Nigeria after new FCCPC digital lending regulations disrupted telecom-linked credit products across the market.
AXIAN Telecom posted full-year 2025 revenue of $1.69 billion, up 20.2%, as acquisitions and mobile data growth accelerated across its African markets.
Johann Rupert's Richemont has converted €100.6 million of debt into equity at Delvaux, the world's oldest luxury leather goods house, as the Belgian brand's Asian revenue slump drives accumulated losses toward €80 million.
Brazil's Petrobras has agreed to acquire a 75% operating interest in Block 3 offshore São Tomé and Príncipe from Arthur Eze's Oranto Petroleum, its latest move in a fast-expanding African exploration portfolio.
Forbes counts 27 Black billionaires worth $121 billion combined and we profile the five youngest.
Andrew Forrest is pushing a US federal court to strip Meta of its legal immunity over fake cryptocurrency ads that used his likeness, alleging the tech giant destroyed nearly 30,000 pieces of key evidence.
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has expanded his Ghantoot Bayn development to $8.17 billion and called the Iran war a temporary pause in the UAE property market's upward trajectory.
Dangote makes TIME100 with Elumelu writing the tribute.
Aliko Dangote has been named to the 2026 TIME100 list of the world's most influential people for the 2nd time, with his profile penned by Tony Elumelu — who Dangote himself profiled on the same list six years ago.
The Gauteng High Court has ruled that Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Capital cannot be sued for $195 million by US firm Pula Group over an alleged breach of a confidentiality agreement tied to a Tanzanian graphite project, handing Motsepe a significant but partial legal victory.
Rabiu posted the best quarter in Nigerian industrial history — BUA Cement profit up 381 percent, BUA Foods proposing a record N504 billion dividend, and over $400 million flowing to him personally in a single season — and still fell to fourth on the continent.
Benjelloun's O Capital delivers Morocco's tallest building, Musk alleges bribery in South Africa's Starlink licensing rules, and Masiyiwa unveils a $1 billion tech city near Harare.
Dangote formally appoints Stanbic IBTC, Vetiva and FirstCap for his pan-African refinery IPO, Lafarge Africa votes to rebrand as HBM Nigeria after a Chinese takeover, Otedola wins Axiom Gold for his memoir, and McKinsey puts Africa's banking market at $107 billion.
