Botswana-based mogul Jonathan Gibson gains over $5 million from stake in Chobe Holdings
Gibson’s stake in Chobe Holdings has increased by $5.23 million since the start of the year, solidifying his position as one of Botswana’s richest investors.
Kenya
Kenyan businessman John Kimani earns nearly $1.6 million from Kakuzi shares
Kimani owns 34.54 percent of Kakuzi, or 6,762,133 ordinary shares, in the agricultural cultivation and manufacturing company.
DRC unit of James Mwangi-led Equity Group secures $11 million from Proparco
Equity Group is a leading East and Central Africa financial services conglomerate.
Kenyan banking magnate Gideon Muriuki hit by $1.1 million in losses amid Co-op Bank share decline
The $1-million drop in Muriuki’s stake can be attributed to a nearly 10-percent decline in Co-op Bank Group’s shares.
Access Holdings, led by Nigerian tycoon Herbert Wigwe raises loan prices in Kenya
Access Bank Kenya is the Kenyan banking unit of Access Holdings, a financial services conglomerate.
The power of media and the untold stories of African family businesses
Mutendi believes that the success stories of Africa’s leading family businesses could make for fascinating cinema.
Firm tied to Mauritian Lagesse family poised to become majority shareholder in Naivas, Kenya’s largest retailer
Mambo Retail is an investment vehicle linked to IBL Group, a prominent Mauritius conglomerate led by Mauritian tycoon Arnaud Lagesse.
NCBA, Kenyan lender linked to Kenya’s richest families, increases loan interest rate
NCBA Group is partially owned by some of Kenya’s wealthiest families, including the Kenyatta, Merali, and Ndegwa families.
Kenya’s wealthy Mukuha family eyes $41.7-million deal valuing Naivas at $379 million
Once the deal is finalized, it will mark the third time the super-rich Mukuha family has divested part of their stake in Naivas.
Botswana tycoon Gulaam Abdoola’s Turnstar Holdings posts $8 million in profit in 2023
Abdoola, the managing director and a founding member of Turnstar Holdings, holds the largest individual stake in the company.
10 assets owned by South Africa’s richest woman, Mary Slack
Slack, the granddaughter of Ernest Oppenheimer and elder sister of Nicky Oppenheimer, owns interests in dozens of ompanies.
James Mwangi-led Equity Group initiates loan price increase, a first in Kenya
Under Mwangi, Equity Group has played a key role in the growth and transformation of Kenya’s financial services industry.
The Richest Five: Meet the five African billionaires with a net worth of more than $5 billion
Six African billionaires boasted a net worth of over $5 billion at the start of 2023. However, only five individuals currently maintain this status.
Founded by Nairobi-based entrepreneur, startup bags $20 million in funding from UK investor
MyDawa, under Nairobi-based entrepreneur O’Leary, has evolved from an e-pharmacy to an all-in-one health platform.
Startup led by Kenya-born American entrepreneur secures $40 million to build Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest mini-grid
This will enable Nuru, under the leadership of Shaw, to undertake ambitious new projects.
The 10 richest people on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in 2023
Billionaires.Africa presents its ranking of the 10 richest investors on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in 2023.