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Angola seeks Interpol notice for Isabel dos Santos as Cyprus court keeps millions frozen
Cyprus's Supreme Court has refused to lift a freezing order on bank accounts that Angolan authorities allege are linked to Isabel dos Santos.
Burkinabè banker Idrissa Nassa's Coris secures €80 million for West African food and energy
Coris Holding, founded by Burkinabè banker Idrissa Nassa, has signed an €80 million facility with the ECOWAS bank for food, energy and agriculture.
Algeria's wealthy Benhamadi family is now shipping air conditioners to Europe, with 250,000 units ordered
Condor, owned by Algeria's Benhamadi family, has sent its first air conditioners to Europe and holds export orders for more than 250,000 units.
African Wealth Briefing — Mon., Aug. 3, 2026
Femi Otedola signals he wants outright control of Nigeria's most valuable bank — after pouring in $432 million and gaining $106 million in four days.
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Magda Wierzycka arrived in South Africa at thirteen, a Polish refugee with almost nothing, learned two new languages, and built a financial-services firm now worth billions of rand.
Deep-Dive Report: Oando — Profit Without Solvency
Oando just returned to profit — a ₦68.6 billion half-year — and its shares have fallen 28% since May. Both facts are correct, and the gap between them is the whole story.
Investor Memo: Kenya's Cooking-Gas Market — Breaking the Duopoly
Two importers control 98% of Kenya's cooking-gas market. In months, Rostam Aziz's $130 million Mombasa terminal becomes the third door into the country — East Africa's largest LPG store.
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola signals he wants 51% of First HoldCo after investing $432 million
Femi Otedola says his investment threshold is always above 51% and that he is on the same trajectory at First HoldCo, where he now holds 25.8%.
Billionaire Femi Otedola gains $106 million in four days as First HoldCo hits record
First HoldCo touched a record ₦137.20 on Monday, taking Femi Otedola's stake to about $1.18 billion, a paper gain of $106 million in four days.
Oando shares fell 28% since May even as the company returned to profit
Oando shares have fallen 28% since May despite a ₦44.53 billion quarterly profit, with liabilities still exceeding assets by ₦530 billion.
South African financier Magda Wierzycka's controlling Sygnia stake is worth $177 million
Magda Wierzycka owns 90,235,124 Sygnia shares worth about $177 million, and told a rich-list compiler that Wendy Appelbaum is South Africa's wealthiest woman.
South Africa's richest woman and her daughters have given $6 million to political parties
Mary Oppenheimer Slack and her three daughters have disclosed more than R100 million in donations to South African political parties since disclosure became law.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote commits $800 million to double his Itori cement plant
Aliko Dangote has signed an $800 million agreement with China's Sinoma to double capacity at his Itori cement plant in Ogun State to 12 million tonnes.
Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz's $130 million terminal threatens Kenya's LPG monopoly
Rostam Aziz's Taifa Gas is finishing a $130 million Mombasa terminal set to break a cooking gas market where two importers control 98% of supply.
Nigerian billionaire Muhammadu Indimi joins court fight against his twin daughters over $43.5 million
Muhammadu Indimi has applied to be joined personally in the appeal against a $43.51 million judgment his twin daughters won from Oriental Energy.