NCAA shuts Mike Adenuga’s Globacom base in Abuja over $12.2-million debt
Globacom owes the aviation authority close to $12.2 million due to its refusal to renew expired aviation certificates.
African Billionaires
Zimbabwean businessman Sam Hosack’s Prospect Resources receives $422 million offer for lithium mine
Prospect Resources is a battery minerals company with a focus on lithium in and around Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s richest man Strive Masiyiwa loses $70 million in two weeks as shares in Econet slump
Masiyiwa, who founded Econet Group in 1998, holds a 52.85-percent stake in Econet Zimbabwe, the country’s largest telecom service provider.
Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga gains $7 million in 2021 from stake in Julius Berger
Adenuga, the founder of Nigeria’s third largest telecom services provider, Globacom, owns a 25.1-percent stake in Julius Berger.
South African billionaire Michiel Le Roux hedges $157.2 million in Capitec shares over market worries
Le Roux is the founder of Capitec Bank and the fifth richest man in South Africa.
Moroccan real estate tycoon Alami Lazraq to end 2021 with $3.7-million gain from ADI stake
ADI is a subsidiary of Alliances Group, a Morocco-based holding with a broad array of real estate investments.
Tech tycoon Leo Stan Ekeh donates $121,700 to support Nigerian Computer Society
Ekeh is the founder of Zinox Technologies and the owner of the Nigerian e-commerce giant, Konga.com.
Koos Bekker’s Naspers, others invest $30 million in car subscription company, Planet42
Planet42 is a car subscription company that buys used cars from dealers and rents to customers via a subscription model.
Egyptian tycoon Hend El-Sherbini’s IDH to acquire majority stake in Pakistan-based IDC for $72.35 million
Islamabad Diagnostic Centre (IDC) is one of Pakistan’s largest integrated diagnostics providers.
Cameroonian millionaire Samuel Foyou opens $27.5 million five-star hotel in Douala
The hotel cost $27.5 million to build and is the first five-star hotel in Douala and the second in Cameroon.
French billionaire Vincent Bollore receives $6.4-billion offer from MSC for African logistics assets
Mediterranean Shipping Company’s offer is subject to the approval of regulatory and competition authorities.
U.S.-based firm in talks to merge with Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa’s Cassava Technologies
According to Forbes, Masiyiwa is the 16th richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $2.3 billion.
Egypt’s wealthiest man, Nassef Sawiris loses $250 million amid news of Adidas shares buyback
Sawiris derives the majority of his wealth from his stake in Adidas.
Controversial Kenyan football club owner, Ricardo Badoer accused of fleecing investors of over $140 million
The tycoon was accused of perpetrating the crime through one of his platforms — Aidos Kuneen cryptocurrency.
Kenyan tycoon Suresh Bhagwanji Shah loses $38 million in 2021 as I&M Group shares slump
Shah holds a 10.8-percent stake in the Kenyan company, amounting to 178,514,362 ordinary shares.
Led by Saad Bendidi, Moroccan agribusiness Forafric set to list on U.S. exchange
Forafric is a leading Moroccan company sourcing, processing, selling and distributing agricultural commodities.