Sam Jonah engineered Africa's $1.48 billion gold merger then rejected the billionaire label
The Ghanaian mining titan turned a single Obuasi pit into a global gold giant, then spent his later years questioning who really owns Africa.
Sam Jonah
Jim Ovia, Ogunlesi, Mwangi and Jonah named Lifetime Achievement winners at ABLA 2026
Jim Ovia, Adebayo Ogunlesi, James Mwangi and Sam Jonah have been named Lifetime Achievement Award winners at the 16th African Business Leadership Awards 2026.