South African Johann Rupert surpasses Nigerian Aliko Dangote as Africa’s wealthiest person, with a net worth of $12 billion. Dangote’s net worth declined due to operational charges in Nigeria’s foreign exchange market, causing the Naira to weaken against the US dollar.
South Africa tops the list of the top 10 African countries with the highest number of millionaires in 2023, according to Henley & Partners.
President Ramaphosa said to Putin, “This war must be settled… through negotiations and through diplomatic means.” He further highlighted that the war’s negative impact extended beyond Ukraine and affected the African continent and numerous other countries worldwide.
Seven African leaders, including the presidents of the Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top envoys from the Republic of Congo and Uganda – travelled to St. Petersburg to meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
Guinness World Records has officially certified Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, who broke the record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.
Sierra Leone has become the fifth African country to issue a license to Starlink, the satellite broadband service from SpaceX, owned by the World’s richest man, Elon Musk.
Caritas Freetown, a prominent non-governmental organization, is jubilantly celebrating a major triumph in the ongoing battle against malnutrition in Sierra Leone.
A 55.22-carat gem record-breaking Ruby found in Mozambique sells for $34.8 million at auction in New York, United States. It is the largest gem-quality Ruby ever discovered.
Interswitch, Africa’s leading technology-driven company specializing in innovative payment and digital solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), one of Sierra Leone’s premier financial institutions.
Malakai Bayoh, whose parents are from Sierra Leone, has made it to Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals after ‘not-so-easy to impressed judge’ Simon Cowell pressed his Golden Buzzer.
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