Sudan's richest family opens 40,000 tonnes of grain storage at Cameroon's main port
Afisa Food Industry, owned by Sudan's Elnefeidi family, has built eight grain silos at Douala port and will run them for 20 years before handover.
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Elon Musk, worth $917 billion, is living in a trailer in Memphis
Elon Musk says his new "palace" is an Airstream trailer parked at xAI's Memphis supercomputer site, where he is personally helping the expansion.
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun awards OpenAI $1 million that OpenAI does not want
Justin Sun has launched a prize and handed OpenAI $1 million for cracking one of mathematics' seven Millennium Problems. OpenAI answered two of the four parts, declined the official $1 million prize for it, and the Clay Institute still lists the problem as open.
Revolut founder Nik Storonsky says ChatGPT found his $404 million yacht's ex-owner
Nik Storonsky owns 29 per cent of a company valued at $115 billion, and last month asked investors to let him borrow more against it. He also spent €350 million on a superyacht and is now in court over a €17.5 million commission.
Byron Allen's BuzzFeed spending hits $128 million after third share buy
Byron Allen's family office has committed about $128 million to BuzzFeed shares across three purchases since May, each at a lower price than the last.
Billionaire Tyler Perry is leaving Atlanta for Puerto Rico to slow down
Tyler Perry says he will leave Atlanta for Puerto Rico in early 2027 and scale back his work schedule to focus on his 11-year-old son.
Aliko Dangote's refinery IPO could add $60 billion to Nigeria's stock market
Nigeria's trade minister says Aliko Dangote's refinery IPO could add $60 billion to the Nigerian Exchange, though analysts value the plant closer to $49 billion.
Nigerian billionaire heir Osahon Okunbo invests in US cancer AI company
Vetrinox Capital, the Lagos family office of Osahon Okunbo, has invested in Hurone AI, its first commitment to United States healthcare.
Billionaire Aliko Dangote wants his companies to outlive him, run like Microsoft
Aliko Dangote says governance, not bloodline, will protect the Dangote Group after him, pointing to Microsoft, Apple and JPMorgan as the models to follow.
Billionaire Mo Dewji's foundation has now performed 13,900 cataract surgeries in Tanzania
The Mo Dewji Foundation has performed 13,900 cataract surgeries in Tanzania, including 4,238 in the first half of 2026 across 12 mobile camps.
Elon Musk quietly settled with Apple and now a judge wants to see the terms
Judge Mark Pittman ordered X Corp and SpaceXAI to produce any agreement with Apple after they dropped antitrust claims without explanation.
Kenyan billionaire Narendra Raval is building a 60MW wind farm to power his cement plants
National Cement, the Devki subsidiary that makes Simba Cement, has applied to build 38 wind turbines in Kajiado County to power its own operations.
South African tycoon Anna Mokgokong has bought Warmbaths and five other resorts
Benus, an investment company tied to Anna Mokgokong's Community Investment Holdings, has completed its acquisition of Forever Resorts.
South African tycoon Japie van Niekerk buys a mall nobody else wanted in the Kalahari
New Africa Developments has completed its purchase of Kalahari Mall in Upington, its first asset in the Northern Cape, after Tribunal approval.
Cameroonian billionaire Paul Fokam has not set foot in the country where his bank dominates
Paul Fokam persuaded Paul Biya to waive a law in 1986 so he could found a bank with no state money. It is now Cameroon's largest.
Malagasy billionaire Hassanein Hiridjee renames AXIAN Telecom as Yas Group
AXIAN Telecom has renamed itself Yas Group. It reported $980 million of revenue in the first half of 2026, up 26%, with 45.5 million subscribers.