African Wealth Briefing — Wed., July 14 & 15, 2026
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.
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African Wealth Briefing — Mon., July 13, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Thurs., July 9, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Wed., July 8, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Mon., July 6, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Fri., July 3, 2026
South Africa rejects a wealth tax in a win for its billionaire class. Johann Rupert's Richemont parts with a 196-year-old watchmaker.
African Wealth Briefing — Thurs., July 2, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Wed., July 1, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Tues., June 30, 2026
South Africa has a new dollar billionaire in Dis-Chem founder Ivan Saltzman. Papa Kwesi Nduom bids for Standard Chartered's Ghana retail arm.
African Wealth Briefing — Mon., June 29, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Sun., June 28, 2026
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.
African Wealth Briefing — Fri., June 26, 2026
Nassef Sawiris moves to take OCI Global private in an all-cash bid. Femi Otedola's First HoldCo stake crosses $420 million.
African Wealth Briefing — Thurs., June 25, 2026
Cletus Ibeto built a $3.8 billion empire before he ever earned a school certificate. And Kenya finally answers the Chivayo airport question.
African Wealth Briefing — Wed., June 24, 2026
New data names Africa the world's fastest-growing ultra-wealth region. Abdul Samad Rabiu relaunches BUA Rice — with his son in charge.
African Wealth Briefing — Tues., June 23, 2026
The Forbes reshuffle lifts Nicky Oppenheimer to Africa's fourth-richest. Hassan Allam wins a $727 million Waldorf Astoria contract in Saudi Arabia.
African Wealth Briefing — Mon., June 22, 2026
Africa's richest man tells Forbes it has him wrong — his refinery alone, he says, is worth $40 billion. Rupert's Richemont posts a record year, with one big caveat named China.