South African businessman Jens Montanana’s Datatec posts lower earnings in H1 2023
Montanana owns a significant 11.98-percent stake in the Johannesburg-based group.
West & Central Africa
Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe acquires another 45 million shares in Access Holdings
Access Holdings is Nigeria’s largest financial services group by assets.
Greek mogul John Coumantaros’ Flour Mills suffers $11-million reduction in profit in H1 2023
Coumantaros controls 63.3 percent of Flour Mills through Excelsior Shipping Company Limited.
Abdul Samad Rabiu to construct $2.3-million ICT hub at Nigerian university
ASR Africa is a nonprofit foundation founded by Rabiu in April 2021.
Nigerian tycoon Tony Elumelu’s stake in UBA sheds $6.8 million, as shares plunge on NGX
Elumelu is on track to pocket another sizable dividend in 2023.
OPEC says Aliko Dangote’s petrochemical refinery to account for over half of Africa’s refining additions
THE Dangote Refinery is a $19-billion integrated petrochemical refinery complex.
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola celebrates 60th birthday on $750,000-a-week yacht owned by Aristotle Onassis
Otedola is one of Nigeria’s richest men.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s sugar company posts record earnings, with profits exceeding $56 million
Dangote owns 72.3 percent of Dangote Sugar Refinery.
U.S. billionaire Jeff Bezos’ cloud computing business AWS opens first office in Nigeria
AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon.com.
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu’s food business posts $156.5 million in profit in 9M 2022
Rabiu and his son own 99.8 percent of BUA Foods.
Nigerian tycoon Samuel Bolarinde’s Vitafoam posts $11.2 million in profit in 2022
Bolarinde owns a 13.03-percent stake in Vitafoam.
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu’s BUA Cement posts $168.4 million in profit in 9M 2022
Rabiu derives the majority of his fortune from his 92-percent stake in BUA Cement.
Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga receives $3.1 million in dividends from oil company
Adenuga owns 74.4 percent of Conoil.
Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe’s Access Holdings posts $312 million in profit in 9M 2022
Wigwe owns a significant 4.27-percent stake in Access Holdings.
Nigerian aviation tycoon Sam Iwuajoku’s ExecuJet bags partnership deal with Gulfstream
Iwuajoku controls ExecuJet in Nigeria.
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote’s cement firm posts $486-million profit as energy costs rise
Dangote Cement is finding it hard to outdo its performance last year.