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A Kenyan court freezes David Langat's land over Sh87 million in unpaid vehicle loans, MTN Group acquires 60% stakes in MoMo and Y'ello Digital for N95 billion, and Dangote pledges 95,000 jobs as the refinery scales toward 1.4 million barrels a day.
Femi Otedola has marked Mike Adenuga's 73rd birthday by recalling how the Globacom founder told him 24 years ago in Epe that he would be a great man.
Tanzanian billionaire Edha Nahdi has pledged $35 million to build 10 Level 4 mother-and-child hospitals across Kenya in the largest private health grant in the country's history.
Ibukun Awosika has resigned from the Cadbury Nigeria board after 15 years, closing a defining era at one of Nigeria's top consumer goods firms.
Aliko Dangote will employ 95,000 skilled workers as his Lagos refinery scales to 1.4 million barrels per day, becoming the world's largest.
Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals has signed a conditional nickel off-take deal with Sweden's Boliden, opening the door to restarting its mothballed Nkomati mine.
Johann Rupert's Luxembourg-based Reinet Fund has lifted its net asset value to €6.60 billion, or R128 billion, even after shedding stakes in BAT and PICG.
Jim Ovia's Zenith Bank has formally launched its Côte d'Ivoire subsidiary in Abidjan, marking its first entry into Francophone West Africa's banking market.
Nigerian oil tycoon Igho Sanomi and Ghanaian businessman Kevin Okyere have denied paying bribes to former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke at her London trial.
MTN Group is acquiring 60% stakes in MTN Nigeria's MoMo payment bank and Y'ello Digital Financial Services for N95.5 billion in a major fintech restructuring.
Oprah Winfrey has signed a multiyear deal with Amazon's Wondery, handing the company her podcast, Book Club, Favorite Things franchise and the full archive of her 25-season talk show.
Elon Musk took the witness stand April 28 in his $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, arguing the company he helped found betrayed its original mission to benefit humanity.
A Kenyan court has frozen 3 land parcels belonging to David Langat and his spouse after a creditor sued to recover Sh87 million in vehicle loans that have gone unpaid since 2016.
Dangote crosses $30 billion on Forbes for the first time, Hiridjee's Axian buys five Letshego banking units across West and East Africa, Motsepe's ARM signs a nickel deal with Boliden to restart Nkomati, and Dangote eyes Ethiopia's new stock exchange for the refinery IPO.
Patrice Motsepe's ARM has signed a nickel off-take deal with Sweden's Boliden to restart the mothballed Nkomati mine.
Madagascar billionaire Hassanein Hiridjee's Axian Group is buying five Letshego banking subsidiaries in Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda, deepening its pan-African banking footprint.