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AI is not a side issue; it is an economic governance challenge that will determine who captures value, who holds power, and whose interests technology ultimately serves for decades to come.

Africa must end the AI extraction economy now

We must stop being the world’s digital quarry

Invest: Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote met Zimbabwean President
Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss business prospects.

Nigeria’s Dangote offers Zimbabwe hope

But ordinary Zimbabweans driven to cynicism after years of state corruption under the ruling Zanu-PF party are pessimistic

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest entrepreneur and founder of the Dangote Group  met with Zimbabwe President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa at the State House to discuss significant investment prospects in cement production, coal mining, and power generation.  (ZanuPFOfficial/X)

Dangote plans transnational pipeline across Southern Africa

The project could change the production structure of Zimbabwe, with fuel landing at a lesser cost

Aliko Dangote, Africas richest man, plans to spend more than his net worth of $13.5 billion building one of the worlds biggest oil refineries. Photographer: Tom Saater/Bloomberg via Getty Images

New refinery may transform Nigerian economy, if it gets enough oil

When it comes to oil projects, the country already boasts a herd of white elephants

The South African Petroleum Refineries, which boasted 35% of the country’s crude oil-refining capacity, announced that production had stopped at the end of March. Photo: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP via Getty Images)

Africa low on refineries, including oil-producer Nigeria

Because of their lack of oil refineries, African countries become vulnerable to fluctuations on global markets

Petro states: What happens when 30% of your national budget disappears in a decade?

As the demand for oil shrinks and prices collapse, Africa’s petro states — the likes of Angola, Nigeria, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea — will be left with massive holes in their…

MTN is now the second biggest Nigerian company listed on the stock market. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

MTN’s Nigeria listing: View from the stock exchange floor in Lagos

"Half bread is better than none," says MTN Nigeria chairman

Experts predict that young Africans have what it takes to change the outlook of their countries. However, this won’t be possible without dramatic educational reform. (Issouf Sanog/AFP)

A billion youths in Africa will be unemployable

Without investment in education the knowledge and entrepreneurial revolution won’t happen

Dangote Group founder and chief executive Aliko Dangote.

A billion dollar boost for Africa’s richest man

"When it comes to power to keep his massive cement factories running, the billionaire businessman says he prefers to generate it himself"

Dangote Group founder and chief executive Aliko Dangote.

Panama Papers reveal shell companies linked to Africa’s richest man

The Panama Papers have blown open evidence that Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote is tied to mysterious firms in tax havens around the globe.

Nigerian Aliko Dangote is out to dominate Africa’s cement industry.

Billionaire Aliko Dangote cements his base

Construction’s most basic ingredient is what will make this continent boom, says Africa’s richest man.

Africa’s richest man Dangote plans $16bn investment push

The Nigerian-based Dangote Group will embark on a $16-billion expansion drive in over 18 countries over the next four years.

‘Ventures’ supported reports by ‘Forbes’ that listed Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest man with a fortune of $20.2-billion. (AFP)

Report says Africa has more billionaires than we think

There are far more African billionaires than previously thought, and most of them are Nigerian, says "Ventures" magazine.

Nigeria’s Dangote uses $3.3bn loan to build Africa’s biggest oil refinery

Nigeria will see massive growth as Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote took a $3.3-billion loan that will turn the country into an oil exporter.

PIC sees more Dangote deals with $7-billion to spend

Africa’s largest asset manager may invest in more companies linked to the continent’s richest man, as it seeks to tap into growing industries.

A health official tries to drop a polio vaccine into the mouth of a child at Kaiama town in Bayelsa State.

Gates joins Africa’s richest man to fight polio in Nigeria

The richest man in Africa and the wealthiest man from the US have joined forces in the battle against polio, which has seen a resurgence in Nigeria.

World credit crunch may be good for Africa, says financier

Africa will be well-placed to weather a global economic downturn if it uses high oil and commodities prices to diversify its economies, one of the continent’s most successful…

After 13 years of Gates, enter the new richest man

It must count among the world’s most genial rivalries. Two of the planet’s richest men regularly play epic games of online bridge and collaborate over handing out their billions.…