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...
Billionaires and Millionaires
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...
10 African countries with the most dollar millionaires
The size of investable worth in Africa has grown over the past decade to stand at $2.4 trillion as...
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,...
Markus Jooste: South African billionaire who flew too close to the sun
South Africa’s retail sector is one of the most advanced on the African continent. The sector has produced some...