African Wealth Briefing — Wed., April 15, 2026
Benjelloun's O Capital delivers Morocco's tallest building, Musk alleges bribery in South Africa's Starlink licensing rules, and Masiyiwa unveils a $1 billion tech city near Harare.
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African Wealth Briefing — Tues., April 14, 2026
Dangote formally appoints Stanbic IBTC, Vetiva and FirstCap for his pan-African refinery IPO, Lafarge Africa votes to rebrand as HBM Nigeria after a Chinese takeover, Otedola wins Axiom Gold for his memoir, and McKinsey puts Africa's banking market at $107 billion.
African Wealth Briefing — Mon., April 13, 2026
The WeBuyCars brothers take JSE-listed RMH private for R654 million, Kate Fotso invests $28.3 million in a Cameroon brewery to challenge Castel Group, and Koos Bekker's Somerset hotel launches a garden festival funded by $334 million in Naspers share sales.
African Wealth Briefing — Sun., April 12, 2026
Dangote turns 69 as NNPC doubles crude supply and the $100 billion expansion plan takes shape, SARS targets high-wealth trust structures with new lifestyle audit powers, and Italy honors Naguib Sawiris.
African Wealth Briefing — Sat., April 11, 2026
Oando raises $750 million for a 100-well drilling campaign that could triple output, Financial Mail's cover asks whether Kirsh could have built his $29 billion empire in South Africa, and we profile Nasir Qadree's $186 million Zeal Capital portfolio.
African Wealth Briefing — Fri., April 10, 2026
Masiyiwa's Econet InfraCo unveils a luxury Victoria Falls resort with 40 villas and a private hospital, Olakunle Williams's Tetracore Energy closes in on billion-dollar status in just five years, and Haco Industries enters Ghana on a lean joint-venture model.
African Wealth Briefing — Thu., April 9, 2026
Twin profiles of Lo Toney's Plexo Capital playbook and portfolio, Marlon Nichols's $600 million venture empire built on Blavity, Gimlet and Truebill, and Michael Jordan's Sarasota dining club expanding before it has even opened.
African Wealth Briefing — Wed., April 8, 2026
Zenith Bank CEO Adaora Umeoji's 285 million-share stake is now worth $21 million, plus diaspora profiles of Charles Phillips, Tammy Jones and Paul Judge — and our April Investor Memo on the Kirsh Effect remains available for Elite subscribers.
African Wealth Briefing — Tues., April 7, 2026
Five African stock exchanges meet in Lagos to plan a cross-border Dangote Refinery listing, Otedola and Dangote meet Tinubu on Easter Sunday, and our April Investor Memo breaks down what Nathan Kirsh's $17 billion fortune reveals about Africa's real wealth map.
African Wealth Briefing — Mon., April 6, 2026
Nathan Kirsh lost everything in 1986, kept one Brooklyn grocery store, and spent 50 years building it into a $29.1 billion empire — now he is Africa's second richest person at $17.1 billion, and we tell the full story.
African Wealth Briefing — Sun., April 5, 2026
Obama adviser Robbie Robinson built a $900 million platform backing diverse founders after years advising America's richest families — we profile the six companies behind his MarcyPen empire.
African Wealth Briefing — Sat., April 4, 2026
SpaceX files for a $1.75 trillion IPO that could make Musk a trillionaire, Gumede faces a R390 million fraud claim amid his Tongaat bid, McKorley loses his Kotoka terminal in a midnight raid, and Rabiu slips to fourth richest in Africa after Kirsh's $29 billion Sysco deal.
African Wealth Briefing — Fri., April 3, 2026
Chivayo sued for $25 million and three Rolls-Royces, McKorley loses his Kotoka FBO licence in a 1am raid, 117 CSOs challenge Jimoh Ibrahim's UN posting, and Adebutu's Wema Bank stake hits N314.6 billion.
African Wealth Briefing — Thu., April 2, 2026
GTCO posts record N1.23 trillion profit, Moniepoint enters Kenya with a 78 percent bank acquisition, Innoson denies a Ghana relocation, and BET founder Robert L. Johnson quietly reclaims his billionaire status.
African Wealth Briefing — Wed., April 1, 2026
Afreximbank commits $2.5 billion to Dangote's refinery, Rupert's Remgro takes full control of Mediclinic for $950 million, Sysco buys Nathan Kirsh's Jetro for $29.1 billion, and Motsepe's ARM moves into Canadian copper.
African Wealth Briefing — Tue., March 31, 2026
BUA Foods proposes a record N504 billion dividend with Rabiu set to pocket $323 million, Kenya's richest bank investors collect Sh5.75 billion, AXIAN backs a stablecoin play, and Stella Oduah walks free from a N2.5 billion fraud case.