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James Mwangi eyes Equity Group bank acquisitions along the Lobito Corridor; Japan's Asahi clears regulators for the $2.3 billion EABL takeover with mandatory minority offer exemption; Wale Tinubu and Edha Nahdi call for Africa to fund its own future.
Aliko Dangote hosted Femi Otedola and First HoldCo executives at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki on Wednesday, with both sides framing the visit as a signal of African industrial alignment.
Aliko Dangote told the CEO of Norway's sovereign wealth fund he plans to invest $45 billion more and double his refinery capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day within 30 months.
Mohamed Laid Benamor inherited a tomato cannery in northeastern Algeria. Two decades later, his group generates over $250 million a year and feeds a nation.
Youssef Mansour rebuilt his family's seized cotton business into a $1.4 billion empire spanning Caterpillar equipment, Metro supermarkets and GM dealerships across Africa.
Allen Onyema says Nigerian airlines lose at least N20 billion annually to bird strikes, with Air Peace recording 49 incidents in just nine months last year.
Floyd Mayweather earned more than $1 billion in boxing. In 2026, IRS liens, a $340 million lawsuit and asset sales are raising serious questions about what remains.
Morocco's Al Mada Ventures has led an $8 million round in Checker to scale stablecoin liquidity infrastructure for African banks and neobanks.
Aliko Dangote's group has begun work on the Olokola Deep Sea Port, a 10,000-hectare export hub across Ogun and Ondo states under Vision 2030.
Qatar's Al-Khayyat family, through Power International Holding, is bidding to build Ethiopia's planned $12.5 billion Bishoftu airport and a 400-kilometre highway in the DRC.
Nigerian tycoon Arthur Eze's Atlas Oranto has lost oil blocks in 4 African countries as governments crack down on dormant licenses.
FDH Bank founder Thom Mpinganjira was convicted and jailed for attempting to bribe judges in Malawi's disputed 2019 election, then pardoned by President Chakwera four years later.
Morocco's Sanam Holding, chaired by Said Alj, is reshaping its investment portfolio around food processing and beauty ingredients as it moves beyond its seafood roots.
Retired General TY Danjuma donated N3 billion at the Abuja launch of Yakubu Gowon's autobiography, with Aliko Dangote adding N500 million and AbdulSamad Rabiu purchasing N25 million in copies.
Kevin Hart's Hartbeat sued two former podcast executives for alleged trade secret theft, but a judge rejected part of the injunction request, calling the claims too vague.
Joseph Siaw Agyepong's Zoomlion Kenya has begun clearing Nairobi's 409 illegal dump sites and now processes over 832 tonnes of waste weekly under a 20-year city contract.