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Aspen is handed a once-monthly HIV pill for 129 countries, royalty-free. Africa's biggest betting brand vanishes into an untraceable UAE firm. And the family that got rich on the wells the majors abandoned heads for a Paris courtroom.
Johann Rupert walks away from a major deal and buys his own shares instead. Patrice Motsepe reopens the platinum mine he shut. And Aliko Dangote's refinery runs at half speed just as Nigeria's petrol imports triple.
Femi Otedola's First HoldCo overtakes Zenith and GTCO to become Nigeria's most valuable bank — and his stake tops $700 million. Meanwhile Nassef Sawiris' Aston Villa banks a record $157 million, and the continent's fortunes keep working.
Femi Otedola's First HoldCo stake hits a record $530 million as the bank's shares surge. And Dangote's $17 billion Lamu refinery draws its first organised opposition, with Greenpeace demanding a halt.
A low-ball buyout he fought collapsed — and Ngugi Kiuna's stake soared instead. A stalled Moroccan takeover is revived. And results season quietly rewards the patient.
Aliko Dangote's refinery ambitions draw a $100 million suitor as his empire keeps expanding. And a widening accountability beat closes in on fortunes from Accra to Nairobi.
Aliko Dangote picks Lamu for a $17 billion Kenyan refinery — his second continental-scale bet in a fortnight. Michiel le Roux borrows $402 million against his Capitec shares.
Dangote's refinery overtakes the United States as Europe's top jet fuel supplier. Tony Elumelu will step down as UBA chairman after 12 years.
Angola prepares to sell shares in Unitel — the telecom empire it seized from Isabel dos Santos. Robert Gumede wants to turn Tongaat's sugarcane into power and fuel.
South Africa rejects a wealth tax in a win for its billionaire class. Johann Rupert's Richemont parts with a 196-year-old watchmaker.
Johann Rupert's Remgro takes full control of Mediclinic in a $947 million deal. OCI's board backs Nassef Sawiris' bid to take the company private.
Aliko Dangote takes his empire to Tanzania with a 2,000-MW power-and-fertiliser plan. Cameroon's richest man bets nearly his whole fortune on an airline.
South Africa has a new dollar billionaire in Dis-Chem founder Ivan Saltzman. Papa Kwesi Nduom bids for Standard Chartered's Ghana retail arm.
A take-private bid awaiting its answer, a refinery inching toward the largest listing in African history, and a rescue under pressure. Here's what we're watching.
The week the league table got loud — Dangote versus Forbes, a take-private bid from Nassef Sawiris, and Africa named the world's fastest-growing wealth region.
Nassef Sawiris moves to take OCI Global private in an all-cash bid. Femi Otedola's First HoldCo stake crosses $420 million.