Inside Zimbabwean mogul Wicknell Chivayo's R160m Clifton home — Black Coffee's new neighbor
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The Inside Story: The Invisible Billionaire
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BUA’s cement-and-food champion nearly doubled his fortune in 2026 to become Africa’s second-richest — and just handed his son the next chapter. A full read of the holdings, the surge, and the succession.
Family Bank founder Titus Muya and associates pocket $36.6 million paper gain as Kenyan lender surges 44% on NSE debut
Family Bank founder Titus Muya and his associates pocketed a $36.6 million paper gain as the Kenyan lender surged 44% on its NSE debut Tuesday.
Billionaire Sheila Johnson's Salamander hotel in Washington DC is in talks to rebrand as a Marriott property
Sheila Johnson's Salamander Washington DC, the 373-room luxury hotel she acquired for $139 million in 2022, is in talks to rebrand under the Marriott flag.
Malawian billionaire Thom Mpinganjira donates $58,000 to fund repatriation of Malawians stranded in South Africa
Malawi's first billionaire Thom Mpinganjira has donated K100 million to support the government's repatriation of Malawians facing abuse and hardship in South Africa.
IDH chief executive Hend El- Sherbini launches $291 million bid to take Egypt's diagnostics giant private
IDH chief executive Hend El Sherbini and co-investor Moamena Kamel have launched a $291 million bid to take the diagnostics group private and delist it from London.
Flamboyant Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo pledges $163 million solar project to Eswatini after King grants him citizenship
Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has pledged a R3 billion 300MW solar project to Eswatini after King Mswati III granted him citizenship and a diplomatic passport.
Johann Rupert's Richemont invests $11 million in Italian leather hub to serve Cartier, Montblanc and three other maisons
Johann Rupert's Richemont has poured more than $11 million into expanding its Scandicci leather production hub in Italy, more than doubling the facility's size.
Billionaire Rostam Aziz's Taifa Mining clears key hurdle at Tanzania gold project set for construction
Rostam Aziz's Taifa Mining has cleared a critical pre-construction drilling milestone at Lake Victoria Gold's fully permitted Imwelo gold project in Tanzania.
Nigeria's SEC bans unauthorized Dangote Refinery IPO marketing
Nigeria's SEC has banned marketing of a purported Dangote Petroleum Refinery IPO, warning no application has been filed with or approved by the regulator.
Antonio Mosquito, the car dealer who built one of Angola's biggest conglomerates
Antonio Mosquito built Grupo Antonio Mosquito from a car-distribution business into one of Angola's largest private conglomerates, spanning autos, oil, construction and finance.
African Wealth Briefing — Wed., June 24, 2026
New data names Africa the world's fastest-growing ultra-wealth region. Abdul Samad Rabiu relaunches BUA Rice — with his son in charge.
African Wealth Briefing — Tues., June 23, 2026
The Forbes reshuffle lifts Nicky Oppenheimer to Africa's fourth-richest. Hassan Allam wins a $727 million Waldorf Astoria contract in Saudi Arabia.