Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga earns over $3.6 million in single day from Conoil
So far this year, the company’s share price has increased by 45.4 percent.
African Billionaires
Wealthy Kenyan Ndegwa family gains $3.1 million from stake in NCBA Group
The Ndegwa family owns 12.52 percent of NCBA Group, which is worth more than $45 million.
Egyptian mogul Ahmed Ezz’s steel company records more than $65 million in profit in Q1 2022
Ezz owns a majority 60.7-percent stake in Ezz Steel.
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu gains half a billion dollars off back of stake in BUA Cement
The total value of Rabiu’s shares in publicly traded companies is now more than $8.6 billion.
South African billionaire Stephen Saad loses more than $250 million from Aspen Pharma stake
Saad owns a 12.5-percent stake in Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, worth $566 million.
Moroccan PM Aziz Akhannouch’s Maghreb Oxygene reports $7.6 million in profit in Q1 2022
Akhannouch is a leading businessman who was appointed prime minister of Morocco in September 2021.
Egyptian mogul Khaled Mahmoud’s MM Group reports 60-percent slump in earnings in Q1 2022
Mahmoud owns a significant 10.13-percent stake in the company, worth nearly $13 million.
South African mogul Nicky Oppenheimer’s net worth increases by $825 million in 2022
Oppenheimer is one of a handful of African billionaires whose fortunes have grown significantly in 2022.
Egyptian multimillionaire Medhat Khalil’s Raya Holding to sell stake in Ostool Transport in $14.3-million deal
Raya Holding has grown into a leading brand in Egypt since its formation in 1999.
Mauritian magnate Dominique Galea-led insurer MUA announces $10-million equity investment
Galea owns 15.43 percent of the insurer, worth $25.5 million.
Burkinabe mogul Idrissa Nassa’s Coris Bank launches $13-million Ivory Coast headquarters
Nassa s one of the richest men in Burkina Faso.
Segun Agbaje-led Guaranty Trust receives CBN approval to launch payment subsidiary
HabariPay will help expand the group’s services to largely underserved markets.
Led by Ralph Mupita, MTN Group completes sale of 5,701 towers to Sam Darwish’s IHS for $415 million
IHS will now own 70 percent of its South African towers business.
U.S.-Nigerian telecom tycoon Sam Darwish gains $26.8 million in 22 days
Darwish founded IHS Holdings, a Nigerian telecom infrastructure firm, in 2001.
Kenyan mogul Julius Mwale sets eyes on mineral-rich DRC after attempt to revive Mumias Sugar
Mwale is a principal investor in Mwale Medical and Technology City.
South African billionaire Koos Bekker loses half a billion dollars on his Naspers stake
Bekker is still one of Africa’s wealthiest men, with a net worth of more than $2.2 billion.