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Mahamadou Bonkoungou left Dédougou with a baccalaureate and no capital, traded gold and cassettes across West Africa, then built EBOMAF into a $3 billion infrastructure empire.
Fidelis Ayebae's Fidson Healthcare has closed its N21 billion ($12.9 million) rights issue 117% oversubscribed, receiving N24.65 billion in applications against N21 billion available, validating three decades of building Nigeria's leading indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturer.
Ghana's Attorney-General has filed a lawsuit against Jospong founder Joseph Siaw Agyepong and his firm J.A. Plant Pool over a $2 million gap in a $178 million road contract.
Ibrahim Mahama's Damang Gold Mine has begun deploying a $250 million fleet of 52 heavy-duty machines, the largest capital injection by a wholly Ghanaian-owned large-scale miner in recent memory, six weeks after taking over the mine from Gold Fields.
Aliko Dangote's refinery cut ex-depot petrol prices to ₦1,250 per liter and diesel to ₦1,700, the second reduction in a week as crude eased.
Dangote Sugar Refinery has opened a N485.9 billion ($300 million) rights issue at N60 per share, offering two new shares for every three held, in a bid to slash debt and revive its Sugar for Nigeria backward integration programme.
Niger State has invited Aliko Dangote and private investors to explore crude oil at the Bida Basin under a public-private partnership structure.
Access Holdings chairman Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede has delivered the keynote at Nigeria's 2026 International Civil Service Conference as his Foundation returned as Diamond Partner.
Aliko Dangote has revealed that an oil mafia blocked his $20 billion refinery for five years, tried to push it into loan default during COVID, and mobilized 67,000 workers to build what Africa had never seen before.
The National Pension Commission has waived its own rules to let pension funds back the Dangote refinery's share sale, the largest in Nigeria's history
Chen Hongliang's Huayou Cobalt has agreed to acquire Atlantic Lithium for $210 million in an all-cash deal, securing Ghana's first parliamentary-ratified lithium mine and extending China's critical minerals reach into West Africa.
Alexx Ekubo, one of Nollywood's most recognizable actors and commercially savvy entertainers, has died at 40 after a prolonged battle with liver cancer, leaving the Nigerian entertainment industry in mourning.
Aliko Dangote's net worth has surged to $35.9 billion, a year-to-date gain of $5.92 billion, as his refinery dominance, cement expansion and Kenya refinery plans accelerate his wealth creation in 2026.
Ibrahim Mahama built West Africa's largest indigenous mining company from nothing, and now he owns the gold mine he once contracted.
Aliko Dangote is exploring a Kenya-based investment vehicle that would let African savers across the continent pool capital directly into Dangote Group companies and collect dividends in US dollars.