Nigerian oil tycoon Leemon Ikpea donates 62-bed hospital to his hometown
Nigerian oil services tycoon Leemon Ikpea has donated a 62-bed hospital to Ewatto, his hometown in Edo State, run with a federal teaching hospital.
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South African-born billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong leads $75 million funding round for drug-making robotics startup
South African born billionaire Patrick Soon Shiong has led a $75 million Series B funding round for biotech startup Multiply Labs through NantWorks.
Malawian billionaire Thom Mpinganjira says he built cancer hospital to save lives, not profit
Malawi's first billionaire, Thomson Mpinganjira, says he built the country's only radiotherapy cancer hospital to spare patients costly treatment abroad, not to profit.