Michiel Le Roux: Billionaire who built an empire banking the unbanked
In weaving African success stories, some names go unnoticed. For Westerners who confuse Africa as a single country, a...
Africa’s business empires and the entrepreneurs behind them.
How these college sweethearts built a billion-dollar retail pharmacy chain
The past few years have seen Ivan and Lynette Saltzman reduce their stake in Dis-Chem from 52.7% shareholding to...
SK Macharia: From civil service to a successful media mogul
Kenya’s Royal Media Services (RMS) is arguably the largest private media owned by an individual in the East African...
John Kimani: Kenyan billionaire on a mission to conquer the Nairobi Securities Exchange
A joke that is common among Nairobi’s elites is that John Kibunga Kimani can pass as an ordinary person...
A look into the US$4 billion business empire of South Africa’s Bafokeng kingdom
The Bofokeng are a Tswana-speaking tribe of about 300,000 people that occupies an area in South Africa’s North West...
Dr. Judy Dlamini: Entrepreneur over-achiever showing women that it is possible
One of South Africa’s wealthiest women, Dr. Nobuhle Judith Dlamini has encouraged women and young people, times without number,...
Narendra Raval: The billionaire steel tycoon who came to Kenya as a priest
Kenya’s industrialist Narendra Raval recently kicked a firestorm of criticism over his remarks that President William Ruto should rule...
Monica Musonda: Lawyer-Entrepreneur behind Zambia’s popular instant noodles
One of the easiest meals to prepare when pressed for time is noodles. In Zambia, eeZee instant noodles are...
A deep dive into Johann Rupert’s US$ 12 billion diversified business portfolio
Johann Rupert’s business empire is majorly composed of significant shareholdings in three major heavily diversified entities; South African-based Remgro,...
Ben Filmalter: The legendary restaurateur who brought us Mugg & Bean
When it comes to coffee, slices of cake, tasty muffins, sandwiches, and servings of food, no restaurant chain in...