50 Cent inks $100 million Planet Hollywood deal to launch PH Live in Times Square
Curtis Jackson has partnered with Planet Hollywood's Robert Earl in a $100 million deal to launch PH Live, a celebrity entertainment hub in New York's Times Square.
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Tony Elumelu awards $16 million to 3,200 young entrepreneurs
Tony Elumelu provides $16 million in non-repayable grants to 3,200 young African entrepreneurs across 54 countries to foster wealth and opportunity
African Wealth Briefing — Wed., March 25, 2026
Ivanhoe ships its first copper through the Lobito Corridor, Eni unlocks Nigeria's OPL 245 after 30 years, Attijariwafa eyes a stake in AI startup Mistral, Masiyiwa's Cassava strikes a USDC deal with Circle, and Namibia blocks Starlink.
Strive Masiyiwa's Cassava Technologies strikes deal with Circle Internet Group to expand USDC stablecoin adoption in Africa
Circle Internet Group has struck its first Africa deal, partnering with Cassava Technologies' Sasai Fintech to expand USDC stablecoin use across the continent.
Eni boss Claudio Descalzi just unlocked one of Nigeria's most contested oil blocks after 30 years
Eni chief Claudio Descalzi traveled to Abuja to close a deal that kept one of Nigeria's richest oil blocks frozen for three decades.
Olakunle Williams' Tetracore partners with Huawei and Inspirive on a $400 million data center to power Nigeria's digital future
Tetracore Energy Group is developing a 20MW Tier III data centre in Ogun State, powered by its own 100MW independent power plant.
Patrice Motsepe's biggest test yet: a trophy scandal is threatening CAF's hard-won credibility
Patrice Motsepe spent five years rebuilding CAF's credibility. A trophy reversal two months after the final may have just set it back.
Namibia rejects Starlink licence application
Namibia has rejected Starlink’s licence bid, blocking the satellite internet provider from operating as regulators enforce compliance with national telecom laws.
Patrice Motsepe's GoTyme Bank exits Pick n Pay kiosks, bets on mall hubs instead
Patrice Motsepe's GoTyme Bank is exiting Pick n Pay kiosks and replacing them with dedicated mall-based Consumer Hubs across South Africa.
Elon Musk launches Terafab, a $20 billion chip factory built for space and robots
Elon Musk called Terafab the most ambitious chip-building exercise in history, with 80% of its output earmarked for orbital AI computing.
Morocco's royal family-controlled Attijariwafa Bank is eyeing a stake in European AI startup Mistral
Morocco's biggest bank Attijariwafa is studying an investment in French AI startup Mistral AI after it launched a model targeting financial institutions.
Billionaire Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe ships first copper through Lobito Corridor
Ivanhoe Mines has shipped its first low-carbon copper anodes from Congo's Kamoa Kakula through Angola's Lobito Corridor to a German refinery.
African Wealth Briefing — Tues., March 24, 2026
Dangote's refinery has shipped 456,000 tonnes of fuel to five African countries, Rabiu adds $4 billion to his net worth as BUA Group expands, OnlyFans billionaire Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43, and Tagwirei pledges $350,000 to Zimbabwe's main psychiatric hospital.
Meet Joshua Kulei, the prison warder who became one of Kenya's most powerful and controversial billionaires
Joshua Kulei was a prison warder who caught President Moi's eye, became his personal assistant and built one of Kenya's largest private business empires.
Karen Roos built Babylonstoren into one of South Africa's top luxury e-commerce brands while her billionaire husband Koos Bekker watched from the sideline
Karen Roos is turning Babylonstoren, the Cape Dutch farm estate she bought with billionaire Koos Bekker, into a top South African luxury e-commerce brand.
Meet Frank Baker, the Detroit kid who became a Wall Street multimillionaire
Frank Baker grew up in Detroit, got his Wall Street break through a nonprofit internship programme, and built Siris Capital into a $7 billion private equity firm.