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Malukmohammed Lappa Sultan (February 15, 1873-September 6, 1953) was a successful businessman who gave selflessly to the poor of all races and religions in South...
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Adeola Odutola (16 June 1902 – 13 April 1995) was a prominent Nigerian entrepreneur, industrialist, and community leader who played a significant role in the...
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Reginald Abraham Mengi (29 May 1943 – 2 May 2019) was a Tanzanian businessman, media proprietor, industrialist, and philanthropist who played a transformative role in...
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Alhassan Dantata (1877 – 17 August 1955) was a Nigerian merchant, financier, and philanthropist who became one of the wealthiest and most influential businessmen in...
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Henry Oloyede Fajemirokun (26 July 1926 – 15 February 1978) was a Nigerian industrialist, trade unionist, and pioneering entrepreneur who played a central role in...
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Al Haji Omaru (1851?-April 26, 1931) was a Fula trading agent for a French company who became leader of the migrant Fula population in Freetown....
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Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala (December 6, 1877-circa 1940) was a South African trade unionist and African nationalist. He figured prominently in the formation of the...
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Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (May 22, 1880-November 25. 1957) was the founder and head of a conglomerate of financial, industrial and mining interests in southern Africa...
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Arthur Thomas Porter (1834-1908) was a wealthy businessman who plied a dubious but profitable trade in supplying indentured labour from Freetown to the Zaire (present-day...
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Albert Thys (November 28, 1849-February 10, 1915), a Belgian military officer, directed the planning, financing, and construction of the first railroad in the Congo Free...
