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Michiel Le Roux's Capitec crosses $1 billion in profit for the first time as its client base hits 26 million, and King Mswati III marks 40 years on the eSwatini throne while the sovereign wealth fund meant to benefit the Swazi people operates as his personal family office.
Issad Rebrab bought a struggling Italian steelworks in 2015 and planned a $400 million revival. Three years later, he sold it and his Brazil iron ore plan collapsed with it.
Serena Williams has signed a multi-year deal as global ambassador for Heineken 0.0, fronting a padel campaign that kicked off in Miami with recreational players on court.
As Africa's last absolute monarch marks 40 years on the throne, critics say Tibiyo Taka Ngwane, Eswatini's sovereign wealth fund, functions as King Mswati's personal family office.
Nassef Sawiris shuts his London family office and completes a UK exit triggered by the end of the non-dom tax status, Tokyo Sexwale enters the ANC succession race, the EFCC arrests Tunde Ayeni over N36.5 billion in alleged diversions, and UBA's profit drops 47% as FX trading gains evaporate.
The EFCC has arrested former Skye Bank chairman Tunde Ayeni in Abuja over the alleged diversion of N36.5 billion and $30 million from Polaris Bank through companies linked to him.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance unit Radisys is powering Ghana's first 5G backbone, now commercially live but entangled in licensing debt and government scepticism.
Equity Group CEO James Mwangi warned at the IMF Spring Meetings that Africa faces a serious food and economic crisis within 3 years as converging shocks bite.
Naguib Sawiris has added $400 million to his gold investments since the start of the current geopolitical tensions, while cutting Egypt real estate and expanding in the UAE.
A KwaZulu-Natal lobby group has entered Tokyo Sexwale's name in the race to succeed Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC president ahead of the party's 2027 elective conference.
Nassef Sawiris has formally closed his London family office NNS Advisers, completing a multi-step UK departure triggered by the end of the non-dom tax regime.
Dangote offers to build East Africa a refinery matching his Lagos plant's scale, Mansour's Palm Hills launches a city-scale luxury project on Egypt's coast, Benjelloun opens Morocco's tallest tower after eight years, and Wiese's stake in Blue Ribbon owner is diluted after a R6 billion food deal.
Morocco's tallest building, a $700 million rocket-shaped skyscraper backed by billionaire Othman Benjelloun, has opened in Sale after 8 years of construction.
Aliko Dangote has offered to build a refinery in Tanzania matching his Lagos plant's scale, with Kenya and Uganda backing the plan at a Nairobi infrastructure summit.
Nathan Kirsh is about to become the most liquid billionaire Africa has ever produced. The $29.1 billion Sysco deal will generate approximately $17 billion in personal proceeds — and the question every private bank in southern Africa is asking is where it goes.
