Vanity Fair revives scrutiny of billionaire Dan Gertler’s Congo mining deals as cobalt politics intensify
Vanity Fair’s new Dan Gertler feature revisits his Congo mining rise, sanctions history and role in the global scramble for cobalt.
Central Africa
Canadian mining billionaire Robert Friedland fires up Africa’s biggest copper smelter at Kamoa-Kakula
Billionaire mine financier Robert Friedland has lit the first flame at Kamoa-Kakula, launching Africa’s largest copper smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sol Daurella: The Spanish billionaire who controls a Coca-Cola empire across Africa
Sol Daurella has turned a decades-old family franchise into one of Coca-Cola’s most strategic platforms in Africa. Her family’s ECCBC network spans 13 countries, with Casablanca now serving as its operational nerve centre.
Kate Fotso: Driving transformation in Cameroon’s cocoa industry
The CEO of Telcar Cocoa Ltd. is empowering farmers, promoting sustainability, and setting new standards in agribusiness.
Moroccan businesswoman Lamia Tazi’s Sothema reveals plan to set up operations in Central Africa
Sothema is Morocco’s leading healthcare firm.