Kenyan tycoon Suresh Bhagwanji Shah’s I&M Group profit surges by 70 percent above $51 million in 9M 2021
I&M Holdings, or I&M Group, is the Kenya-based non-operating holding for I&M Bank Limited.
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Nigerian businessman Dahiru Mangal sells stake in Oando Plc in $24.1-million deal
Oando Plc is a Nigeria-based integrated energy solutions provider with diversified operations.
Son of Angola’s former president receives five-year sentence over $500 million in graft charges
Jose Filomeno dos Santos was found guilty alongside three others of fraud, embezzlement and influence peddling.
Mozambican tycoon Salimo Abdula’s kidnapped son rescued in South Africa
One of the alleged kidnappers has been arrested. The search is still underway to arrest the remaining kidnappers.
As shares rise ten-fold, Eric Thiam Sabate-led Ivorian Tobacco Company returns $152.6 million in gains
Societe Ivoirienne des Tabacs is known for popular Ivorian cigarette brands like Fine, Gauloises Blondes and Excellence.
Botswana tourism tycoon Jonathan Gibson loses $5.6 million as Chobe shares decline
Chobe operates 12 ecotourism lodges and camps on leased land in northern Botswana and the Caprivi Strip in Namibia.
Mauritian businessman Pierre Guy Noel gains $2.3 million in 2021 as MCB Group shares surge
MCB Group is Mauritius’ most extensive banking institution.
John Gachora-led NCBA Group reports 159-percent surge in earnings in 9M 2021
Gahora holds a total of 381,755 ordinary shares in the Kenyan financial services provider.
Ade Adeyemi-led Ecobank Group gets $113.2-million loan from EIB to support SMEs in Africa
Ecobank is the leading independent regional banking group in West and Central Africa.
Jeremy Awori-led Absa Kenya sees earning quadruple as profits surge above $73 million
Absa Bank Kenya, formerly Barclays Bank Kenya Limited, is a leading financial services provider in Kenya.
Nigerian private equity titan Temitope Lawani to pocket $39.1 million in $2.3-billion Vitol acquisition deal
Vivo Energy is a British downstream petroleum company.
Tunisian tycoon Habib Essayeh gains $8.4 million in 2021 as shares in Euro Cycles surge by 32-percent
Euro-Cycles is a Tunisian automotive company specializing in the production of bicycles.
Botswana retail moguls Farouk Ismail, Ramachandran Ottapathu increase stake in Choppies
Choppies is a Botswana-based investment holding operating in the retail sector in Southern Africa.
Moroccan billionaire Othman Benjelloun’s Bank of Africa posts $268.1 million in net profit in 9M 2021
Bank of Africa is a multinational pan-African banking conglomerate with operations in 18 African countries.
Nigerian banker Jim Ovia gains $17.93 million in two months as stake in Zenith Bank surges
Ovia is the founder of Zenith Bank, a Lagos-based banking group and Nigeria’s most profitable financial services company.
Egyptian mogul Nassef Sawiris enters alliance with Emirati investors to further boost clean methanol business
OCI N.V. is a leading nitrogen and hydrogen product manufacturer and distributor.