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.
West & Central Africa
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.
Femi Otedola-linked FBNH posts triple-digit earnings growth as profit exceeds $200 million
Otedola owns a substantial 5.57 percent of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings.
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote’s net worth slumps by $200 million in October
Aliko Dangote is the world’s richest Black person.
Nigerian energy magnates Bryant Orjiako, Austin Avuru to pocket $2.15 million in Seplat dividends
Orjiako and Avuru own a 6.43-percent and 8.2-percent stake in Seplat Energy, respectively.
Nigerian banking magnate Jim Ovia’s Zenith Bank posts $399 million in profit in 9M 2022
Ovia owns 16.2 percent of Zenith Bank.
American-Nigerian telecom tycoon Sam Darwish’s IHS Holding to spend $214 million to cut carbon footprint
Darwish owns 3.5 percent of the telecom infrastructure company.