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Emefiele bags Forbes ‘Best Of Africa Lifetime Achievement’ award

Aminu Imam

Forbes New York has honoured the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, with the Forbes ‘Best of Africa Lifetime Achievement Award‘.  In its letter of award to Emefiele and signed by the president, Customs Solutions Media for Forbes Media, Mark Furlong, Forbes disclosed that it decided to honour the CBN governor on the grounds of his remarkable performance and pacesetting achievements at the apex bank. Forbes in partnership with Foreign Investment Network (FIN) also issued Emefiele with its Certificate of Distinction.  It added that Emefiele has…

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Johann Rupert set to overtake Dangote as Africa’s richest person

Aminu Imam

Nigerian billionaire and businessman, Aliko Dangote is reportedly set to lose his position as the richest person in Africa. It was learnt that South African billionaire, Johann Rupert might take overtake Dangote and become the richest African person in 2023, when Forbes releases its list. This is as the South African businessman emerged as the top gainer on Wednesday during trading hours on the floor of the South African Stock Exchange, gaining N58.20 billion ($140 million). While Rupert’s wealth grew after Wednesday’s trading, his Nigerian counterpart, Dangote lost N8.73 billion…

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