Egyptian mogul Hani Berzi gains $23 million in 47 days from stake in Edita Food Industries
The gains are due to a double-digit percent increase in the company’s share price.
African Billionaires
Tunisian tycoon Abdelwaheb Ben Ayed has lost over $2.8 million from stake in Poulina Group
Ben Ayed owns a beneficial 3.4-percent stake in the conglomerate.
Egyptian mogul Safwan Thabet to pocket $5.1 million in Juhayna dividends
The dividend will be paid from Juhayna’s retained earnings of $65.48 million.
Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris loses $270 million in April
The loss is directly linked to the performance of the German sportswear behemoth Adidas.
Swazi billionaire Natie Kirsh loses $280 million in April 2022
The loss is due to a decrease in the valuation of his majority stake in Jetro Holdings.
South African billionaire Johann Rupert loses $890 million in April
In April alone, his net worth fell from $10.9 billion to $10.01 billion.
Nigerian tycoon Oba Otudeko pockets $53 million from Flour Mills-Honeywell deal
Otudeko owns 66.8 percent of Honeywell Flour Mills.
Kenyan mogul Suresh Bhagwanji Shah loses over $5 million from I&M Group stake in 37 days
Shah owns a beneficial 10.98-percent stake in the company.
Egyptian businessman Safwan Thabet’s Juhayna posts $28.5 million in profit in 2021
Thabet owns a majority stake in the company, worth $194.7 million.
Highly indebted Nigerian tycoon Jimoh Ibrahim declares intention to run for seat in Senate
Ibrahim is the chairman of Global Fleet Group, a floundering West African conglomerate.
Led by South African Saltzman family, Dis-Chem Pharmacies expects earnings to surge by 24.5 percent
The Saltzman family owns a beneficial 45.2-percent share in the healthcare company.
Here are the five billionaires who account for 3.8 percent of South Africa’s $683-billion private wealth
With a total private wealth of $651 billion, South Africa has more than twice as many billionaires as any other African country.
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote becomes world’s 70th richest person as net worth surpasses $20.4 billion
Dangote began the year as the 97th richest man in the world.
Herbert Wigwe’s Access Holdings posts $138.2 million in profit in Q1 2022
Access Holdings ranks as one of the most capitalized financial services institutions on the Nigerian Exchange.
Nigerian banking tycoon Jim Ovia’s Zenith Bank posts $140.1 million in profit in Q1 2022
Ovia owns a significant 16.2-percent stake in the company.
South African mogul Zak Calisto’s Karooooo to pay shareholders $17.7 million in dividends
Calisto owns a majority 75-percent stake in the Singapore-based tech firm, which he founded in 2001.