Aliko Dangote activates Olokola Deep Sea Port plan as Vision 2030 push accelerates across Ogun and Ondo
Aliko Dangote's group has begun work on the Olokola Deep Sea Port, a 10,000-hectare export hub across Ogun and Ondo states under Vision 2030.
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How Nigerian businessman Arthur Eze's Atlas Oranto lost oil licenses across 4 African countries
Nigerian tycoon Arthur Eze's Atlas Oranto has lost oil blocks in 4 African countries as governments crack down on dormant licenses.
How Malawi billionaire Thom Mpinganjira went from a 9-year sentence for corruption to a presidential pardon
FDH Bank founder Thom Mpinganjira was convicted and jailed for attempting to bribe judges in Malawi's disputed 2019 election, then pardoned by President Chakwera four years later.
Moroccan billionaire Said Alj's Sanam Holding is pivoting from seafood into food processing and beauty ingredients
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Billionaire TY Danjuma donates $2.2 million at former President Yakubu Gowon's autobiography launch
Retired General TY Danjuma donated N3 billion at the Abuja launch of Yakubu Gowon's autobiography, with Aliko Dangote adding N500 million and AbdulSamad Rabiu purchasing N25 million in copies.
Kevin Hart's Hartbeat is suing two former podcast employees over trade secrets
Kevin Hart's Hartbeat sued two former podcast executives for alleged trade secret theft, but a judge rejected part of the injunction request, calling the claims too vague.
Ghanaian tycoon Joseph Siaw Agyepong's Zoomlion begins clearing Nairobi's 409 illegal dump sites
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Billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa is rebuilding the century-old golf course at the foot of the Pyramids with the world's top course designer
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Nigeria cleared its pension funds to invest in Aliko Dangote's refinery IPO and now he says the listing will democratise African wealth
Nigeria's pension regulator granted a one-off waiver allowing pension funds to invest in the Dangote Refinery IPO, as Dangote told South African pension chiefs the listing will democratise African wealth.
Tanzanian billionaire Edha Nahdi tells African businesses to stop waiting for foreign donors and start funding the continent themselves
Amsons Group CEO Edha Nahdi told the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali that African businesses must stop depending on foreign donors and take ownership of the continent's development financing.
Fortune 500 CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett co-chairs New York's new AI workforce commission
TIAA chief Thasunda Brown Duckett has been named co-chair of New York's FutureWorks Commission, helping shape policy on how AI will reshape America's workforce.
How Samih Sawiris turned a Red Sea desert into a city and built a $1.4 billion empire
Samih Sawiris once waited tables in Berlin. Today he is worth $1.4 billion, having built cities from scratch across four countries through Orascom Development.
Tycoon Robert Gumede says South Africa's sugar industry must pivot to ethanol and electricity or risk becoming irrelevant
Robert Gumede told Business Day that South Africa's sugar industry is too narrowly focused on table sugar and must pivot to ethanol and electricity to survive global competition.
Nigerian oil tycoon Wale Tinubu says Africa must stop begging for foreign capital and fund its own energy future
Oando CEO Wale Tinubu told Reuters Africa must stop depending on foreign capital and build its own financing mechanisms as Oando prepares a $750 million drilling campaign.
Nigerian oil tycoon Tein Jack-Rich disqualified from Senate run
Oil mogul Tein Jack-Rich was blocked from Nigeria's APC Senate primary for Rivers West, while a rival was quietly reinstated on the same day, exposing a deeper political power struggle.