Nigerian tech entrepreneur Olugbenga Agboola's Flutterwave is acquiring an East African bank
Flutterwave is acquiring an undisclosed bank in East Africa as Olugbenga Agboola builds a banking arm around the company's payments business.
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Aliko Dangote's sugar business swings from loss to $30 million H1 profit
Dangote Sugar Refinery posted a ₦41.51 billion half-year profit against a ₦24.27 billion loss a year earlier, as gross margin doubled to 24%.
Nigerian lottery magnate Kessington Adebutu's Wema and Vitafoam stakes exceed $300 million
Kessington Adebutu's Wema Bank stake is worth $291.27 million and his Vitafoam holding $21.08 million, built entirely on lottery money.
Nigerian tycoon Samuel Bolarinde's Vitafoam stake hits $25.3 million after 747% share surge
Samuel Bolarinde's 12.03% stake in Vitafoam Nigeria is worth ₦35.16 billion, or $25.3 million, after a 747% share price surge since 2025.
Billionaire Femi Otedola's First HoldCo to pay out 60% of profit as dividends
First HoldCo will pay out at least 60% of profit as dividends, a policy worth roughly ₦83 billion to chairman Femi Otedola on half-year earnings.
Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga's Conoil lifts half-year profit 472% as margins widen
Conoil lifted half-year profit 472% to ₦5.15 billion, yet paid ₦8.29 billion in finance costs, more than the company earned before tax.
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu's BUA Foods lifts half-year profit 12% to $210 million
BUA Foods lifted half-year profit 12.4% to ₦292.27 billion as gross margins widened sharply, taking Abdul Samad Rabiu's stake to $11.26 billion.
Nigerian billionaire Victor Odili to pocket $19.9 million MTN interim dividend
Victor Odili's 5.08% stake in MTN Nigeria will earn ₦27.69 billion from the ₦26 interim dividend, on a holding now worth about $657 million.
Billionaires Tony Elumelu, Samuel Dossou-Aworet and Austin Avuru to pocket $30 million Seplat dividend
Seplat's 12-cent dividend delivers $14.4 million to Tony Elumelu's Heirs, $9.7 million to Petrolin and $6 million to Austin Avuru. GHOST
Billionaire Femi Otedola spends $160 million again on First HoldCo shares, lifting stake to $1.07 billion
Femi Otedola has spent another $160 million, on 1.78 billion additional First HoldCo shares, lifting his stake to $1.08 billion.
Congolese billionaire Paul Obambi wins tin permit as Congo's extractive output declines
Paul Obambi has won a cassiterite prospecting licence over 253 square kilometres in Kouilou, diversifying beyond the iron ore project he runs at Mayoko.
Nigerian billionaire Rasheed Sarumi's Presco sees profit falls 20% to $23.8 million in second quarter
Presco's second-quarter profit fell 20% to ₦33 billion as revenue declined, with earnings per share dropping to ₦28 from ₦41 a year earlier.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote's cement sales rose 22% last quarter, profit just 4%
Dangote Cement lifted half-year profit 24% to ₦640.2 billion, but second-quarter profit growth slowed to 4.4% even as revenue rose 22.2%.
Nigerian tycoon Michael J. Prest sues Zambia's central bank for $40 million over Investrust collapse
Michael Prest's Bank of Nevis International is seeking $40 million from Zambia's central bank over the 2024 liquidation of Investrust Bank.
Billionaire Femi Otedola's First HoldCo becomes Nigeria's most valuable bank at $4.22 billion
Billionaire Femi Otedola's First HoldCo closed at ₦5.78 trillion, or $4.22 billion, passing Zenith and GTCO to become Nigeria's most valuable bank.
Mohan Vaswani's Tolaram turned Diageo's $70 million Guinness Nigeria exit into $355 million
Tolaram takes ₦8.9 billion from Guinness Nigeria's dividend on a stake it bought for ₦103.7 billion and which is now worth ₦486.8 billion.