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Bakalanga revive rainmaking ceremony
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BDF and NDF reaffirm commitment
Community rolls up sleeves to
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RB1 live broadcast takes Matsiloje down memory lane
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TAFIC FC secures P2m sponsorship
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Five Otse men arraigned for murder
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Matsiloje o ipelela letsatsi la ngwao
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New mineral regulations to mandate citizen participation
Xi attends welcome ceremony held by Kyrgyz President
Ogaketse ready to face Mboyiya for IBO
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Tebogo and Kebinatshipi eye historic Diamond League
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Bakgatla ba ikemela ka dinao
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Bomme ba ba itsholofetseng ba kgothadiwa go
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Dangote refinery IPO priced at N525 a share, valuing it at $47 billion
Nigeria's SEC approved the Dangote refinery IPO at 525 naira a share. The 4.1 billion share offer opens Sept. …
Billionaires Bezos and Gates join $188 million round for AI drug discovery firm
Family offices made 52 direct investments in August and about a fifth went to biotech. Jeff Bezos and Bill Gat…
African Wealth Briefing — Fri., Sept. 4, 2026
Nigeria rejoins FTSE's frontier index on September 21, handing ten of its giants — Dangote Cement, First HoldC…
The Inside Story: The Rule-Maker — How Jean Kacou Diagou Co-Wrote Africa's Insurance Rulebook, Then Built NSIA Into a 12-Country Empire in the Market He Regulated
Jean Kacou Diagou helped write the insurance rulebook for 14 African countries — then quit to compete in the m…
Deep-Dive Report: The Last Empire — Inside the €7 Billion Castel Group, Africa's Biggest Brewer, and the Family War Now Headed to a Singapore Court
The Castel Group is Africa's biggest brewer outside South Africa, sells ~€7 billion a year, and almost no one …
Wealth Intelligence: The Index Effect — Why Nigeria's Return to FTSE's Frontier Index Rewards Dangote and First HoldCo but Leaves Out BUA, UBA and Seplat
Nigeria rejoins FTSE's frontier index on Sept 21, sending global passive capital to ten giants — Dangote Cemen…
6 Nigerian billionaires have companies joining the FTSE frontier index this month
Ten Nigerian stocks join FTSE Russell's frontier index on Sept. 21, including companies part-owned by Aliko Da…
Billionaire Michael Dell's fortune gains $107 billion in 2026 on AI server boom
Michael Dell has added $107 billion to his fortune this year, a gain second only to Elon Musk's, after Dell Te…
Bomaid to the rescue
Bomaid delivers lifeline to Princess Marina’s breast unit Botswana Medical Aid Society (Bomaid) has handed ove…
VW, controlled by billionaire Porsche-Piëch family, cuts 50,000 more jobs
Volkswagen's board has approved 50,000 further job cuts, doubling reductions since 2024. About half fall in Ge…
Elon Musk's SpaceX regains $2 trillion valuation in tech rally
SpaceX closed 6.4% higher on Thursday, clearing $150 a share and restoring a $2 trillion market value for the …
Zulu royal household demands clarity on billionaire Robert Gumede's Tongaat Hulett deal
Zulu Royal Chancellor Malusi Zondi gave Trade Minister Parks Tau five business days to explain the IDC transac…
Billionaire Patrice Motsepe to collect $67.7 million in ARM dividends
ARM's 700-cent final dividend takes Patrice Motsepe's payout for the year to about R1.09 billion, on a holding…
Billionaire Leon Black is suing the House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein
Leon Black asked a federal court to block House subpoenas seeking documents about his dealings with Jeffrey Ep…
Nepalese billionaire Binod Chaudhary's Wai Wai factory has been ordered to halt production
Billionaire Binod Chaudhary’s Wai Wai business faces regulatory action in India after inspectors found alleged…
Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals profit jumped twelve-fold to $248 million
African Rainbow Minerals lifted revenue 25% to R16.3 billion and swung from a gross loss to R4.4 billion profi…
The Kenyatta and Ndegwa families have gained $166 million since agreeing to sell NCBA
NCBA shareholders selling to Nedbank have gained Sh21.4 billion as the South African bank's shares rose 9.5% s…
South African billionaire Adrian Gore's Discovery Bank makes its first profit
Discovery Bank made R370 million against a R68 million loss, and 70% of new customers now come from outside th…
Somi Releases New Album What Does It Take to Bloom?
“African grooves, supple jazz singing and compassionate social consciousness; She is both serious and seductiv…
BDP in turmoil as its President faces corruption charges
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), still struggling to recover from its 2024 electoral defeat and gearing up…
United States hands over critical C-130 parts to Botswana Defense Force (BDF) [Image 4 of 15]
Aircraft parts and machinery
United States hands over critical C-130 parts to Botswana Defense Force (BDF) [Image 3 of 15]
Traditional Dance Show from Batswana Tribe (Botswana's people is Batswana)
United States hands over critical C-130 parts to Botswana Defense Force (BDF) [Image 9 of 15]
Botswana Defense Force Officers inspecting aircraft parts at hands over ceremony in Gaborone.
Everton's billionaire owners are looking for new investors after 20 months
The Friedkin Group is working with advisers on an Everton stake sale, less than two years after paying more th…
Hugging Face founders become billionaires in Nvidia's biggest deal
Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, making its three founders billionaires a decade after they s…