The Empires

Fun fact: Did you know that Africa didn’t have a self-made black billionaire up until 2008? Surprised, I know....

In the heart of Stellenbosch, South Africa, where the roots of Naspers were planted in 1915 as a humble...

It’s not every day that Larry Madowo, writes this on his Twitter/X about anyone; “You see him on TV,...

In the bustling world of high-profile investors and business magnates, one figure stands out for his deliberate avoidance of...

Rwanda has been touted as the poster child of the “Africa rising” dream. From the ashes of the genocide...

A raid early this month on the offices of industrialist Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest individual, took the country’s elites...

Until last week, the name Adebayo Ogunlesi could not ring a bell in the ears of many in Africa....

For decades, millions of poor Angolans saw Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former President José Eduardo dos Santos,...

Since taking power from his father, King Hassan II, in 1999, Morocco’s monarch, King Mohammed VI, has amassed billions...

Rostam Aziz has dodged business bullets and survived an onslaught from politicians and regulators’ hammers in Kenya and across...