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The billionaire brothers behind WeBuyCars are acquiring JSE-listed RMH Holdings for R654.58 million through their vehicle AttBid, with a full delisting expected by June 2026, weeks after selling R866 million in WeBuyCars shares.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker sold $334 million in Naspers and Prosus shares to build historic farming estates across four countries, and now his Somerset hotel is launching a nine-day garden festival to rival Chelsea.
Kenya's Haco Industries is exploring either an IPO or a strategic investor as the Kirubi family plans succession, while MD Mary-Ann Musangi pushes the consumer goods maker into Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.
Dangote turns 69 as NNPC doubles crude supply and the $100 billion expansion plan takes shape, SARS targets high-wealth trust structures with new lifestyle audit powers, and Italy honors Naguib Sawiris.
South Africa's tax authority has issued a fresh notice targeting how high-wealth individuals fund trusts and use donations structures, while new lifestyle audit powers and penalties of up to 200% are closing in.
Italy honored Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris with the Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy on April 9, 2026, recognizing his telecom investments and decades of work strengthening bilateral ties between Cairo and Rome.
Aliko Dangote turned 69 on Friday as Tinubu led birthday tributes, NNPC doubled crude deliveries and a $100 billion expansion plan moved forward.
Oando raises $750 million for a 100-well drilling campaign that could triple output, Financial Mail's cover asks whether Kirsh could have built his $29 billion empire in South Africa, and we profile Nasir Qadree's $186 million Zeal Capital portfolio.
Ursula Burns started at Xerox as a summer intern in 1980 and left nearly four decades later as a corporate history maker.
Oando CEO Wale Tinubu told Reuters the company is raising up to $750 million for a 100-well drilling campaign that could boost production by 300%, with the Iran war lifting investor appetite for West African crude.
Washington-based Nasir Qadree manages $186 million through Zeal Capital Partners, backing ventures that target systemic financial inequities in America.
Serena Williams earned $94 million on the tennis court. She built most of her $340 million fortune off it, through Serena Ventures and beyond.
JoAnn Price launched Fairview Capital in 1994 when barely any pension fund had invested in a minority-led firm. Today, her empire spans $10 billion.
André Rice left corporate America in 1986 with a conviction and a plan. Four decades later, he manages $1.7 billion.
Sherrese Clarke Soares turned 15 years at Morgan Stanley into a $2.67 billion music and entertainment investment empire she built from scratch.
Aliko Dangote turns 69 today commanding a $32.5 billion fortune, Africa's largest cement producer and a refinery operating at 650,000 barrels per day.