Cameroonian media mogul Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga’s Anecdote Group pays $3.2 million to tax authority
Belinga also runs Pura, a mineral water company, and Vision 4, a Cameroonian TV channel.
West & Central Africa
Burkinabe banking tycoon Idrissa Nassa’s Coris Bank signs $526.8-million trade finance line with Afreximbank
The financial services group’s capital has grown since its founding from $3 million to $9 billion.
Tayo Amusan’s Ketron Investment receives $8.4 million from Nigeria’s Bank of Industry
Ketron is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Persianas Limited.
Cameroonian businessman Paul Fokam’s Afriland faces financial accusations in DRC
Minority and majority shareholders of the bank’s DRC subsidiary are having it out.
Aliko Dangote receives $704.1 million in Dangote Cement dividends
Dangote owns an 86-percent stake in Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement producer.
Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu says Africa’s development depends on private sector
Elumelu is the chairman of Heirs Holding.
Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote receives $21.1 million in dividends from sugar business
The sum is 33-percent less than in 2021.
Greek magnate John Coumantaros to receive $13.4 million in Flour Mills dividends
Coumantaros owns a majority 63.34-percent stake in the agro group.
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote restates commitment to 1.5 metric tonnes per year of sugar production
Dangote Sugar Refinery has a refining capacity of 1.44 million metric tonnes.
Nigerian mogul Tony Elumelu loses over $7.1 million as UBA shares fall from record highs
Elumelu owns a sizable 6.96-percent stake in the banking group.
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu overtakes telecom mogul Mike Adenuga in Forbes ranking
Rabiu is now Africa’s fifth-richest man.
Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga’s net worth slumps by $200 million since start of 2022
Adenuga derives the majority of his wealth from his telecom company and his investments in the Nigerian oil industry.
Shell to receive final bids from Nigerian mogul Tony Elumelu’s oil firm, others for $2.3-billion oil assets
The move comes nearly a year after the British energy giant announced plans to divest its interests in Nigeria.
LSE lauds Nigerian energy mogul Bryant Orjiako’s achievements at Seplat Energy
The LSE’s statement comes just a few weeks after Orjiako retired as chairman.
Africa’s wealthiest man, billionaire Aliko Dangote loses $700 million in 10 days
But with his fortune of $20.3 billion, he remains Africa’s richest man.
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola dumps shares in FBHN worth $17.8 million
The transaction is expected to have an impact on Otedola’s dividend earnings.