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Mohamed Laid Benamor inherited a tomato cannery in northeastern Algeria. Two decades later, his group generates over $250 million a year and feeds a nation.
Morocco's Al Mada Ventures has led an $8 million round in Checker to scale stablecoin liquidity infrastructure for African banks and neobanks.
Morocco's Sanam Holding, chaired by Said Alj, is reshaping its investment portfolio around food processing and beauty ingredients as it moves beyond its seafood roots.
Hisham Talaat Moustafa's Legacy Hotels signed a deal with Robert Trent Jones II to redevelop the historic Mena House golf course in Giza, which overlooks the Pyramids of Giza.
Abdelmadjid Kerrar was building factories and trading with China before most Algerians thought about Asia. Then he built the country's biggest pharma company.
King Mohammed VI is Africa's wealthiest monarch. Through Al Mada, he controls a sprawling empire stretching from Casablanca's biggest bank to EV battery plants.
Ahmed Ezz built MENA's largest steel empire, survived arrest and a billion-dollar conviction, then returned to announce a $1.16 billion expansion.
Algerian businessman Lotfi Nezzar, eldest son of late Major General Khaled Nezzar, holds a Spanish property and banking portfolio estimated at 300 million euros.
Hisham Talaat Moustafa's TMG posted a 24% Q1 profit rise to EGP 5.5 billion ($110 million) on strong Egyptian and Saudi real estate sales.
Algeria is attempting to sell a Barcelona hotel belonging to jailed billionaire Ali Haddad, but a pre-existing contract is blocking the transaction, French-language reporting confirms.
Ali Haddad built Algeria's biggest private construction company from nothing. A border crossing with two passports ended his entire empire in one night.
Nassef Sawiris has reorganised his Orascom Construction holding between two NNS Group vehicles, leaving his total 43.95% stake unchanged as his Abu Dhabi platform takes shape.
Egypt's richest man has built and sold empires twice. Now he is staking $50 billion on American infrastructure from a new base in Abu Dhabi.
Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens' V-Sports is closing in on a controlling stake in French Ligue 2 club FC Annecy as Aston Villa's multi-club network moves into France.
Hassan Allam Construction and Saudi firm Albawani won a $490 million contract to build Saudi Arabia's national contemporary art museum in Diriyah.
Issad Rebrab started with a 20% stake in a metals firm. Five decades later, he had built Algeria's largest private company and its first billion-dollar fortune.