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Ruparelia Group

The Ruparelia Group is a family-owned Ugandan conglomerate founded by Sudhir Ruparelia in 1985, spanning hospitality, real estate, education, and finance, and known for the 2016 collapse of Crane Bank.

Sappi

Sappi Limited is a South African pulp and paper group founded in 1936, headquartered in Johannesburg and listed on the JSE, selling dissolving wood pulp and papers in over 150 countries.

Sipho Nkosi

Sipho Nkosi, born 1954, is a South African businessman who founded Eyesizwe Coal, led coal producer Exxaro Resources until 2016, and co-chairs the investment group Talent10 Holdings.

Société Immobilière du Cameroun

The Société Immobilière du Cameroun (SIC) is Cameroon's state-controlled real-estate and social-housing company, created in 1952, 92% owned by the State, and the country's principal social landlord.

South African Pulp

South African Pulp, abbreviated SA Pulp and renamed Sappi Limited in 1973, is a South African pulp and paper company founded in Johannesburg in 1936.

Spear REIT Limited

Spear REIT Limited is a South African real estate investment trust founded in 2011 and listed on the JSE in 2016, investing predominantly in Western Cape property, with assets of about R8.4 billion by 2026.

Sudhir Ruparelia

Sudhir Ruparelia, born 1956, is a Ugandan business magnate and founder of the Ruparelia Group, a Kampala conglomerate spanning real estate, hotels, education, and insurance.

Talent10

Talent10 Holdings is a diversified South African investment holding company in Midrand, founded in 2012 by Sipho Nkosi and Wayne Fitzjohn, investing across mining, energy, and film.

Transcorp

Transnational Corporation Plc, known as Transcorp, is a Nigerian publicly listed conglomerate incorporated in 2004, operating the Transcorp Hilton Abuja and about 2,000MW of power plants.

W.A. Hofmeyr

W.A. Hofmeyr, known as Willie Hofmeyr, was a South African newspaperman and National Party organizer who co-founded and chaired De Nasionale Pers, today's Naspers, in 1915.

WIPHOLD

WIPHOLD is a South African investment holding company established in 1994 by four black women, acting as a pioneering BEE vehicle to integrate black women into the mainstream economy.