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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.
Natie Kirsh's $29.1 billion sale of Jetro Restaurant Depot is prompting a hard question in South Africa: could his empire have been built at home?
Masiyiwa's Econet InfraCo unveils a luxury Victoria Falls resort with 40 villas and a private hospital, Olakunle Williams's Tetracore Energy closes in on billion-dollar status in just five years, and Haco Industries enters Ghana on a lean joint-venture model.
Marques Torbert grew Ametros 30 times over before selling it for $350 million. Here are six companies that define his investment career.
A deep look at seven companies backing Willie Woods' 25-year mission to build the premier minority-owned private equity firm in America.