The Empires

Adnan Khashoggi, the Saudi arms dealer who once strode Kenya like a colossus, is not your typical billionaire who...

Mohamed Al-Fayed was among the wealthiest Egyptians who made tonnes of money mostly in Europe. The billionaire, who died...

In February 2024, a court of appeal sitting in Nairobi ended Mohamed Jaffer’s two-decade monopoly of handling grains at...

Aliko Dangote assures that his refinery is well on track to fulfill the diesel and petrol requirements of West...

The unveiling of Forbes Middle East’s “Top CEOs” for the year 2023 shone the spotlight on exceptional leaders in...

There are very few indigenous people at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) who have built empires from investing in...

During the 1990s civil war in Angola, his parents managed to flee with him to the United States. As...

Some of the individuals with immense wealth in Africa live in the diaspora, having been born in Africa before...

In weaving African success stories, some names go unnoticed. For Westerners who confuse Africa as a single country, a...

The past few years have seen Ivan and Lynette Saltzman reduce their stake in Dis-Chem from 52.7% shareholding to...