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A 94-year-old you have probably never heard of just crossed $20 billion. The anatomy of the quietest mega-deal in Africa's wealth history, and the lesson in the value of the unglamorous.
Cristiano Ronaldo says this is probably his last season. Lionel Messi has voiced doubts after his father's death. Both are billionaires.
Egypt's petroleum minister met Ahmed El-Sewedy to accelerate a $1 billion phosphate fertiliser complex being built at Ain Sokhna.
Nagy Toma's Dice Group runs six Egyptian factories and 8,500 workers, making 20.4 million garments a year for brands including Benetton.
Peter Thiel's hedge fund bought about 1% of Vista Energy for $76 million, four months after he met Argentine President Javier Milei.
Herbert Wigwe planned 1,400 students in his university's first year. As tributes marked his 60th birthday, it has about 300.
ZimParks will tender Chewore Lodge after courts voided Terry Kelly's lease. Billy Rautenbach's Big Five Safaris can bid for it.
Tosyali Algerie produced 248,601 tonnes of iron in May, a world record for a single Midrex plant and Algeria's biggest non-oil exporter.
Madagascar's richest man Ylias Akbaraly criticises Elon Musk's mass layoffs in a new memoir, saying job cuts expose people to social death.
Aliko Dangote's Dangote Sugar Refinery has raised $356 million in an oversubscribed rights issue to cut debt and expand local production after years of losses.
Eswatini billionaire Nathan Kirsh has crossed $20 billion, becoming the third African past the mark, after selling his Restaurant Depot business to Sysco.
Gina Rinehart bought 8 million SpaceX shares worth $1.37 billion in the second quarter, making it her largest US-traded holding.
The Marcus Foundation has given $28.7 million to USC for a stem cell trial to regenerate heart muscle destroyed by heart attacks.
Dangote's refinery has applied for a $5 billion IPO aimed at Nigerian retail investors, with no foreign listing for at least three years.
Reliance Industries, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, will partner Rolls-Royce on engines for India's fifth-generation fighter jet.
Jeff Bezos has joined a consortium buying about 30% of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group at a valuation above $7 billion.