Botswana tycoon Gulaam Abdoola loses over $1 million from Turnstar investment
Despite the million-dollar decline, the businessman still ranks as one of the wealthiest investors on the Botswana Stock Exchange.
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Nassef Sawiris gains $7 million in July, recoups only fraction of June $600-million loss
Sawiris sits on the boards of Adidas and OCI N.V.
Nigerian banking mogul Herbert Wigwe’s Access Holdings secures $280 million from U.S. DFC
Access Bank is the banking subsidiary of Access Holdings.
Led by South African Saltzman family, Dis-Chem Pharmacies opens third outlet in Botswana
Dis-Chem Pharmacies is a high-performing pharmacy and healthcare group in South Africa.
Burkinabe banking tycoon Idrissa Nassa’s Coris Bank secures $19.4 million to support SMEs
Coris Bank International is a financial services organization headquartered in Burkina Faso with activities throughout Francophone Africa.
Billionaire Royal Family of Morocco loses $592 million from stake in Attijariwafa Bank
However, the Alaouite Royal Family remains Morocco’s wealthiest family.
South African mogul Zak Calisto’s Karooooo posts nearly $9.5 million in profit in Q1 2023
Calisto owns a majority stake in the global provider of smart transportation management and analytics.
Billionaire Femi Otedola’s Geregu Power completes $96.3-million bond issuance
Under Otedola, Geregu has grown into one of Nigeria’s largest power-generating enterprises.
Nigerian telecom tycoon Bassim Haidar puts yacht ‘Bash’ on sale for $10 million
The Nigerian-Lebanese telecom tycoon is listing his 208-foot yacht, “Bash,” for sale.
Market cap of Burkinabe mogul Idrissa Nassa’s Coris Bank drops below $450 million
However, Coris Bank remains the fourth-most valuable firm listed on the BRVM Stock Exchange.
Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga’s Conoil earns over $4.3 million in profit in H1 2022
Adenuga holds a 74.4-percent stake in the oil marketing business.
Aliko Dangote loses $700 million in July amid stock market sell-off, naira slump
However, he remains one of the few billionaires who has seen impressive gains since the year began.
Kenya’s apex bank: Olugbenga Agboola’s Flutterwave, Ham Serunjogi’s Chipper Cash not licensed
The bank’s statement comes after Flutterwave denied links to a $59-million money laundering scheme.
Botswana-based mogul Jonathan Gibson’s Chobe suffers over $3.3 million in losses in 2021
Gibson owns 35.6 percent of the company.
Patrice Motsepe-linked MetroFibre secures $298 million in debt funding from Standard Bank Group
MetroFibre is partly owned by African Rainbow Capital, an investment unit founded by Motsepe.
Moroccan tech tycoon Karim Benjelloun’s Disway reports $95 million in revenue in H1 2022
Benjelloun owns 7.36 percent of the company, or 138,822 ordinary shares.