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Africa Finance Corporation lends Dangote Group $60...

Africa Finance Corporation has signed a $600 million loan with Dangote Group to triple fertiliser production capacity in Nigeria a...

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Paul Pogba built a $10 million home portfolio he k...

From a Manchester mansion with its own football pitch to a $6 million Miami tower beside the Beckhams, Paul Pogba's property run k...

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Nigerian-born Hakeem Olajuwon built a $300 million...

Hakeem Olajuwon left Lagos as a teenage goalkeeper, became the NBA's best center, then built a $300 million fortune refusing to bo...

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Hakeem Olajuwon built a $300 million real estate e...

Hakeem Olajuwon built a $300 million real estate empire across Houston and beyond, financing every deal with cash and zero debt, g...

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Lionel Richie filed four trademarks on his own voi...

Lionel Richie has filed four trademark applications on his voice to stop AI platforms from cloning it without his permission or co...

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Campus to Cloud: Navigating the New Era of Student...

Student employment is no longer confined to campus notice boards, part-time café shifts, or summer internships arranged through wo...

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How to Reduce Staff Attrition in Your Organisation

In this article, we'll teach you how to reduce staff attrition in your organisation and build a more stable workforce.

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I physically can’t submit hundreds of applications...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I physically can’t submit hundreds of applications a week I’m in the hellscape...

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how can I develop a more professional persona?

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’ve been working in libraries for over 20 years, and I keep runnin...

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how do I know if I’ll like being a manager?

A reader writes: I’m up for my first manager position after happily being an individual contributor for over a decade. Speaking wi...

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I need to give my employees more positive feedback

A reader writes: My employee recently told me that she would like to get more positive feedback from me. I’m good at giving constr...

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candidate couldn’t interview because of his workou...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Candidate couldn’t interview because of his workout schedule I’m hiring for a ...

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How to Work with Borrowed Authority: Effective Del...

You don’t need a management title to delegate work effectively. If you’re managing the execution of work on behalf of leadership, ...

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African Wealth Briefing — Sat., June 6, 2026

A new Standard Bank study on how Africa's wealthy think about money — and a look back at a busy week of deals, courtrooms, and suc...

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Rick Ross was a prison guard at 19 and built a $15...

Rick Ross built a $150 million empire from Wingstop franchises, a $35 million Star Island mansion and spirits equity stakes after ...

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Uganda's richest man Sudhir Ruparelia earns almost...

Uganda's richest man Sudhir Ruparelia collects UGX3.152 billion ($836,000) monthly from government ministries renting his Kampala ...

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Kevin Hart and Henry Cavill just signed on for a N...

Kevin Hart and Henry Cavill will star as rival spies in an untitled Netflix action comedy directed by McG and produced by Ryan Rey...

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Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire on Ju...

Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire on June 12 when SpaceX prices its historic $1.77 trillion Nasdaq IPO and...

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Staff Turnover and How to Calculate It

In this article, we'll explain what staff turnover means, how to calculate it, why it matters, and what businesses can do to reduc...

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I’m being targeted for increasing our health insur...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I’m being targeted for increasing our health insurance rates My boss approache...

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what are some enjoyable ways your behavior changed...

A reader writes: I’d love to discuss this with readers: once you’ve firmly decided to resign from your job at a future point, what...

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can our company make us work rigid hours and expla...

A reader writes: My company has steadily tightened remote work over the past year from two days remote allowed, to five days in-of...

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updates: the emotional affair, my boss won’t let m...

Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Someone I had a near-emotional-affair with years ago is about to be my sort-of ...

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employee doesn’t know how long their work takes, c...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My employee doesn’t know how long their work takes I have managed people for a...

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Ghanaian tycoon Togbe Afede XIV tells Africa's chi...

Togbe Afede XIV told the 10th Ghana CEO Summit that Africa's business and corporate leaders must reject self-enrichment, conflicts...

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Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris sold Euronews ...

Alpac Capital, which bought Euronews from Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris in 2021, is now acquiring Serbia's last independent ...

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Billionaire Robert F. Smith says $3 trillion is po...

Robert F. Smith told the XCEL Summit For Men that up to $3 trillion is being poured into AI infrastructure and that Vista Equity's...

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Mohamed Al-Fayed's abuse survivors temper expectat...

Survivors of Mohamed Al Fayed's abuse are preparing to meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer while tempering expectations, as the Me...

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Idrissa Nassa's Coris and Vista Bank seek $45 mill...

Idrissa Nassa's Coris Holding and Vista Bank are jointly requesting $45 million from the IFC to expand SME lending in Senegal, sep...

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my employee lied for months about work he wasn’t r...

A reader writes: I have a small team of developers working under me. We were working on building a new product for our start-up. T...

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the interns I’m mentoring don’t want my help

A reader writes: I am mentoring my third summer intern (in a company program that assigns mentors and mentees), and I’m facing a f...

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poop emoji in a rejection email, is it rude to ask...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Poop emoji in a rejection email I enjoy jokes at work, and am partial to self-...

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open thread – May 29, 2026

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questi...

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weekend open thread – May 30-31 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here ar...

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“This is a True Leader” — doacWeb's Didi-Omah Poin...

If you as a leader is not able to transform someone's life, like as a leader, your lifestyle, your pattern, your system, your succ...

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Tanzania court hears Pula witness testimony in $19...

Tanzania's High Court heard witness testimony from Pula Group this week in its $195 million graphite mining lawsuit against compan...

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Executive Insight: James Mwangi’s Lobito Corridor ...

James Mwangi just announced Equity Group's expansion into Angola, Zambia and Mozambique along the Lobito Corridor — the most ambit...

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Kenyan port billionaire Abubakar Joho wins court r...

A Kenyan court has rejected a bid to remove key evidence in a criminal defamation case brought by Mombasa port billionaire Abubaka...

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The Inside Story: What Dangote, Motsepe, Masiyiwa,...

Seven African industrial principals — Dangote, Motsepe, Masiyiwa, Rabiu, Kagame, Tinubu, Nahdi — have converged on one coordinated...

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African Wealth Briefing — Fri., May 22, 2026

Aliko Dangote says his refinery will end Africa's dependence on imported fuel; James Mwangi accelerates Equity Group's regional ex...

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Blogging Is The Fastest Way To Get The People Of T...

Blogging is the fastest way to get the people of the future to know about you. Wikipedia and other world wide updated encyclopedia...

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is there a way to tell a coworker, “stop being sex...

A reader writes: I’m a trainer in a field that requires significant technical and soft skills (think someone in medicine needing b...

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my coworker sent a rude message about me and I saw...

A reader asks: I was on a Zoom call recently with the president of our company and two junior staff members who I do not manage di...

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do I have to hire an employee who went scorched ea...

A reader writes: I am a senior administrator, with a team of 10. Most of the positions that I supervise are entry level, a lot of ...

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coworker wrote a sonnet about my absences, boss as...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker wrote a sonnet about my absences I am a teacher. We have professio...

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how do you figure out a career path that isn’t you...

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’m in the position where I need to rethink my career path and have...

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Design That Sticks: Applying Neuroscience to Predi...

Why do so many beautifully designed websites, ads and digital experiences still fail to convert? In this episode of The Digital Ma...

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How Malawi billionaire Thom Mpinganjira went from ...

FDH Bank founder Thom Mpinganjira was convicted and jailed for attempting to bribe judges in Malawi's disputed 2019 election, then...

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Qatar's billionaire Al-Khayyat family is bidding t...

Qatar's Al-Khayyat family, through Power International Holding, is bidding to build Ethiopia's planned $12.5 billion Bishoftu airp...

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How Nigerian businessman Arthur Eze's Atlas Oranto...

Nigerian tycoon Arthur Eze's Atlas Oranto has lost oil blocks in 4 African countries as governments crack down on dormant licenses...

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Morocco's Al Mada Ventures leads $8 million Checke...

Morocco's Al Mada Ventures has led an $8 million round in Checker to scale stablecoin liquidity infrastructure for African banks a...

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Aliko Dangote activates Olokola Deep Sea Port plan...

Aliko Dangote's group has begun work on the Olokola Deep Sea Port, a 10,000-hectare export hub across Ogun and Ondo states under V...

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my boss treats me like I’m invisible

A reader writes: I’ve been working at this smallish company for five and a half years now. I started as the office manager when we...

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I don’t want my new hire working extra hours

A reader writes: I manage a fully remote team. It can be difficult to draw a line between work and life when you work from home, s...

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how much can I decorate my planner at work without...

A reader writes: I have one of those intensely low-stakes questions that I would love to get your and the commentariat’s opinion o...

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misinformation after a tragedy in our building, so...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. A client died in our building, and their family is upset with us I work for a ...

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Ghana's McDan rejects GACL "buyer beware" notice a...

Daniel McKorley's McDan Group has rejected Ghana Airports Company Limited's warning against developing a contested 16-acre Spintex...

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Abdelmadjid Kerrar was trading with China in the 1...

Abdelmadjid Kerrar was building factories and trading with China before most Algerians thought about Asia. Then he built the count...

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Japan's Asahi clears East African regulators for 2...

Japan's Asahi Group Holdings has won capital-markets clearance in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for its $2.3 billion takeover of East...

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African Wealth Briefing — Tues., May 19, 2026

Tanzania's president met Dangote in Dar es Salaam after losing the refinery to Mombasa; Nigeria's pension regulator clears pension...

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Uganda's richest man, Sudhir Ruparelia, was exiled...

Sudhir Ruparelia was expelled from Uganda at 16 with nothing, worked in UK factories to survive, then returned in 1985 with $25,00...

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Nigeria's pension regulator clears pension funds t...

The National Pension Commission has waived its own rules to let pension funds back the Dangote refinery's share sale, the largest ...

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Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola's memoir is shor...

Femi Otedola's Making It Big has been shortlisted for the 2026 BCA African Business Book of the Year, with the winner announced in...

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Tycoon William Tewiah's $338 million ZEN Petroleum...

William Tewiah's 80% stake in ZEN Petroleum is worth GHS 3.87 billion, making him Ghana's wealthiest individual stockholder, overt...

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How tycoon William Tewiah built a $420 million ene...

William Tewiah left a career in London finance and drove his own fuel tankers to Ghana's gold mines. He built an empire doing it.

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Ghana wants 30% of every gold ounce, and Kenneth A...

Ghana wants 30% of every gold ounce its industrial miners produce, up from 20%, as the central bank rebuilds reserves. The miners ...

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coworker is poisoning a new hire with his bad atti...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Coworker is poisoning a new hire with his bad attitude A guy who works in our ...

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my employee wants to work from home for a job that...

A reader writes: I have a tough situation. Our new business manager of one year for an office that requires in-office management (...

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a senior leader threatened to kill someone in a me...

A reader writes: I work for a large nonprofit organization; I started here a few months ago. I am a mid-career professional, and i...

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“other duties as assigned” – the 4 words that can ...

Tucked at the bottom of countless job descriptions is a line so familiar it may barely register: “other duties as assigned.” That ...

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interview questions meant to identify North Korean...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Interview questions meant to identify covert North Korean workers As you may a...

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How to Overcome Change Fatigue

Change fatigue is when the disruption of change outweighs your capacity to deal with it. Once you understand that formula, you can...

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South Africa knows Markus Jooste is dead. It just ...

Two years after Markus Jooste's reported death at Kwaaiwater Beach, South Africa still has no public post-mortem, no confirmed bur...

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South African tycoon Robert Gumede takes on Transn...

Businessman Robert Gumede has launched a court challenge against Transnet over a rail tender accused of favouring foreign supplier...

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Court sets May 25 to rule on Tunde Ayeni bail appl...

An Abuja court fixed May 25 to rule on Tunde Ayeni's bail application, with the EFCC opposing his release and five SANs arguing fo...

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African Wealth Briefing — Sat., May 16, 2026

Abdul Samad Rabiu wins CEO of the Year at the Africa CEO Forum and tells African leaders to get serious; Appolinaire Compaoré dies...

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African Wealth Briefing — Sun., May 17, 2026

AngloGold Ashanti dethrones Naspers as Africa's most valuable listed company at $50 billion; Kagame tells Africa CEO Forum to lear...

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how much should I monitor a struggling employee’s ...

A reader writes: I’ve been working with a report who has had some troubles with organization — he would have dropped a few balls i...

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work is weirder now

It’s hard to think of another time in modern history where workplace trends have changed as quickly and as dramatically as they ha...

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colorful pimple patches at work, mentioning kids w...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Should I say something about our intern’s bright blue pimple patch? We have a ...

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open thread – May 15, 2026

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questi...

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weekend open thread – May 16-17, 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here ar...

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This Is Where I Worked Before NYSC And Why I Resig...

I am going to tell you something important this moment, my walk with God is totally big difference. Since my redemption in 2025, I...

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Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola acquires additio...

Femi Otedola has spent N43.4 billion buying 549.5 million more FirstHoldCo shares, lifting his total stake to 19.36% in his bigges...

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Idrissa Nassa's Coris Holding joins a $430 billion...

Idrissa Nassa's Coris Holding has joined a 17-institution coalition targeting a $50 billion gap in African agricultural trade fina...

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Femi Otedola pushes his First HoldCo stake toward ...

Femi Otedola has made a fresh N43 billion open-market purchase of First HoldCo shares, his biggest single acquisition since taking...

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Norway's sovereign wealth fund acquires 5% stake i...

Norges Bank, manager of Norway's $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund, has disclosed a 5.02% stake worth approximately R3 billion i...

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Tanzania's richest man Mohammed Dewji plans $50 mi...

Mohammed Dewji's MeTL Group plans a Sh6.5 billion ($50 million) soft drinks factory in Mombasa to sell Mo Cola at Sh15 a bottle, d...

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From Lecture Halls to Creative Studios: How Studen...

Image by garetsvisual on Freepik On a grey Tuesday morning in Lincoln, a design student sits in a campus café, toggling between&nb...

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my manager’s erratic behavior is sabotaging my wor...

A reader writes: I work for a large company and am my manager’s (“Sharon”) only direct report. Sharon is professional and high-per...

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I was fired for charging customers’ purchases to m...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I was fired for charging customers’ cash purchases to my credit card Started m...

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should you tell your boss you’re taking a mental h...

A reader writes: I work in a healthcare-adjacent job with a pretty generous leave policy. When folks are going to take a sick day,...

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I’m too disabled for my company’s retreat

A reader writes: I just started working for an all-remote company who announced an in-person retreat not long after I was hired. (...

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employee’s skirts are too short, blessing the food...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Do we need a dress code because one employee’s skirts are too short? I work in...

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How to be Resourceful: Building Your “Figure It Ou...

Being resourceful doesn’t mean you know everything or always have the right answers. Instead, it’s about knowing how to find your ...

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Reddit Marketing Case Study with Dove - Turning Re...

What happens when a global brand hands over its creative control to unfiltered customer feedback? In this episode of The Digital M...

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Bloomberg says Abdul Samad Rabiu is Africa's 2nd r...

Bloomberg ranks Abdul Samad Rabiu as Africa's second richest man at $19.1 billion, ahead of Johann Rupert, while Forbes puts him f...

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Billionaire Femi Otedola executes a surgical turna...

Femi Otedola's FirstHoldCo rises from the ashes with a 72% profit jump in Q1 2026, overtaking GTCO and Access Holdings to become N...

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Elon Musk just crossed $800 billion and said two w...

Elon Musk replied "$10T or bust" on X after his net worth crossed $800 billion, making him the first person in history to hold wea...

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Nigerian multimillionaire Oba Otudeko delivers 2,4...

The Oba Otudeko Foundation has delivered a 2,400-square-metre administrative complex to Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State,...

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