Michael Jordan extends Upper Deck deal as the card maker's first Legacy Partner
Michael Jordan has extended his 35-year Upper Deck partnership, becoming the card maker's first Legacy Partner in a deal of undisclosed value.
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Otobong Tommy is a business writer and researcher with a background in public administration. She has worked with media and policy-adjacent institutions including Ventures Africa and NAEC, contributing to research and business reporting.
Billionaire Femi Otedola's memoir named first runner-up at BCA African Business Book of the Year
Femi Otedola's memoir Making It Big was named first runner-up at the 2026 BCA African Business Book of the Year, awarded in London.
Billionaire Rostam Aziz receives top Tanzania chamber of commerce award
Tanzania's chamber of commerce handed billionaire Rostam Azizi its highest award, citing his role in investment, job creation and growth.
South African superstar Tyla signs multi-million dollar deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation
South African superstar Tyla has signed a multi-million dollar global deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation, joining an elite roster that includes Rihanna, Tiwa Savage and Ayra Starr.
Serena Williams loses Wimbledon comeback match to Maya Joint
Serena Williams lost her Wimbledon comeback match to 20-year-old Maya Joint in three sets in her first professional singles match since the 2022 US Open.
Bhimji Depar Shah turned a Kenyan petrol station into a $700 million Bidco empire
Bhimji Depar Shah started with a petrol station in Nyeri and built Bidco Africa into a $700 million consumer-goods empire across 13 African countries.
Toyin Ajayi raised $891 million to fix American healthcare for the people everyone else gave up on
Toyin Ajayi grew up in Nairobi, trained in London and built a $6 billion company to fix American healthcare for the patients everyone else gave up on.
Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledges $1 million to bring 20,000 stranded Zimbabweans home from South Africa
Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his wife Sandra have pledged $1 million through their Bridging Gaps Foundation to fund emergency repatriation of 20,000 Zimbabweans from South Africa.
Narendra Raval built Kenya's biggest cement and steel empire but tax battles and political scrutiny are testing his limits
Narendra Raval built Kenya's biggest cement and steel empire from a small hardware shop in Gikomba Market, but mounting tax battles and political scrutiny are now testing his limits.
South African arms mogul Ivor Ichikowitz's Paramount teams with Baba Kalyani to launch Simha armored vehicle in France
Ivor Ichikowitz's Paramount Group, Africa's largest private defense company, has unveiled the Simha armored vehicle in France with billionaire Baba Kalyani's Indian defense group.
South African billionaire Robert Gumede saved Tongaat Hulett from collapse but cheap sugar imports are threatening to undo the rescue
Robert Gumede's Vision Group has saved Tongaat Hulett from liquidation but the company now faces a second crisis — R1.5 billion lost to cheap imported sugar.
Tycoon Sandile Zungu's Sizekhaya has taken over South Africa's R180 billion lottery but a High Court challenge could still take it away
Sandile Zungu's Sizekhaya Holdings has taken over South Africa's R180 billion national lottery but a High Court challenge from Ithuba Holdings could yet reverse the landmark award.
Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz's Nation Media Group holds pivotal post-takeover AGM
Nation Media Group held its most consequential annual general meeting in decades, three months after Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz ended the Aga Khan's 66-year ownership of East Africa's biggest media house.
Kenyan billionaire John Kibunga Kimani's Sh205 million land dispute has reached the Supreme Court
Kenyan billionaire John Kibunga Kimani's Sh205 million land sale dispute has escalated to Kenya's Supreme Court after years of lower court litigation over a contested property transaction.
Angolan billionaire Agostinho Kapaia's Opaia Group eyes expansion into Mozambique and DR Congo
Angolan billionaire Agostinho Kapaia's Opaia Group plans to expand its industrial activities into Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, two new markets.
High Court clears the way to distribute Simeon Nyachae's estate
A Kenyan court has dismissed a challenge by Simeon Nyachae's son, clearing the way to distribute the late politician's sprawling estate and business empire