Friday 26 June 2009

AFRICA RICHEST COMPANIES







World Company, Country, Industry Market Value ($ Billions)
Rank




223 Standard Bank Group 9.89

South Africa

Banking



305 Sasol 15.98

South Africa

Oil & Gas Operations



332 FirstRand 6.76

South Africa

Banking



382 MTN Group 15.97

South Africa

Telecommunications Services



772 Impala Platinum Holdings 7.46

South Africa

Materials



785 Orascom Construction Inds 4.16

Egypt

Construction



786 Telkom 5.14

South Africa

Telecommunications Services



794 Investec 1.96

United Kingdom/South Africa

Diversified Financials



846 Orascom Telecom 3.15

Egypt

Telecommunications Services



976 Attijariwafa Bank 5.44

Morocco

Banking



1035 Royal Caribbean 1.28

Liberia

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure



1097 Gold Fields 6.8

South Africa

Materials



1102 Bidvest Group 2.75

South Africa

Conglomerates



1142 Sanlam 3.41

South Africa

Insurance



1220 Remgro 2.9

South Africa

Conglomerates



1240 Naspers 6.19

South Africa

Media



1375 First Bank of Nigeria 2.89

Nigeria

Banking



1384 Telecom Egypt 4.51

Egypt

Telecommunications Services



1408 AngloGold Ashanti 10.48

South Africa

Materials



1429 BMCE-Banque Marocaine 4.54

Morocco

Banking



1461 Steinhoff Intl Holdings 1.53

South Africa

Consumer Durables



1560 United Bank for Africa 1.43

Nigeria

Banking



1664 ARM-African Rainbow Minerals 2.38

South Africa

Materials



1707 Mondi

United Kingdom/South Africa 0.97

Materials



1740 RMB Holdings 2.32

South Africa

Diversified Financials



1749 Shoprite Holdings 2.7

South Africa

Food Markets



1798 Intercontinental Bank 0.88

Nigeria

Banking



1913 ONA Group 2.75

Morocco

Food, Drink & Tobacco



1958 Harmony Gold Mining 5.1

South Africa

Materials

Sunday 21 June 2009

TOP EARNING AFRICAN FOOTBALLERS

--> -->1. Samuel Eto´o FC Barcelona £138,000 a week
Samuel Eto'o Fils, Cameroonian prolific goal getter who plays as a striker for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona since 2004.

2.
Didier Drogba Chelsea FC £117,619 a week


Didier Yves Drogba Tébily, Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position for Chelsea.


3. Frederic Kanoute Sevilla FC
£ 110,000 a week
Frédéric Oumar Kanouté Malian footballer, who currently plays for Sevilla in the Spanish Primera league

4. Michael Essien Chelsea FC £80,325 a week

Michael Kojo Essien, Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League.

5. Emmauel Adebayo - £80,000 a week


Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese football player, who currently plays for Arsenal

6.Mahamadou Diarra- £53,000 a week

Mahamadou Diarra Malian football defensive midfielder who plays for Real Madrid

7. Obafemi earns £ 50,000 a week


Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins, Nigerin footballer player who plays as a striker for Newcastle United, currently a Coca-Cola championship team.

8. Kanu - £45,000 a week

Popularly known as Papilo in the Nigerian circles, has won the UEFA champions league, UEFA cup, FA cup, Premier League and Olympic gold, which makes for an impressive record of accolades.

9.Mikel earns £40,000 a week


John Michael Nchekwube Obinna, Chelsea’s central midfielder and Nigerian International player, known for his controversial move to Chelsea at the expense of Manchester United.

10. Benni McCarthy £35,000 a week

Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy, South African footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in England. Has also played for FC Porto and Celta Vigo

Tuesday 9 June 2009

TOP TEN AFRICAN ACTORS




1.Djimon Hounsou hails from The Republic of Benin, was a popular male model before he took up acting, he his the fourth African to be nominated for an oscar and has been nominated twice ( Blood Diamond and In America), best known for his role in the Steven Spelberg movie Amistard and also acted alonside Russel Crowe in the award winner movie Gladiators. He is dating Kimora Lee, owner of Baby Phat, they just had a baby.




2.Idris Elba an only child to a father from Sierra Leone and mother from Ghana, he is currently one of the most sought after black actors in Hollywood. He also acted with Beyonce in the hit movie Obsessed, also in American Gangster.



3.Arnold Vosloo, South African best known for his roles in the Mummy and The Mummy returns and was also in Blood Diamond.



4.Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Nigerian actor whose roles include Congo, The Bourne Indentity, The Mummy returns and the hit TV series OZ, he was in Get Rich or Die Tryin alongside 50 Cent was also in the TV show Lost as Mr Eko.



Omar Sharif birth name is Michel Demitri Chalhoub, he is a pioneering Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won a Golden Globe.




6.Chiwetel Ejiofor is another Nigerian that has made the list, he his best known for his role in the movie Four Brothers where he acted alongside Tyrese, Mark Wahlberg and hiphop superstar Andre Benjamin of the group Outcast, has acted alongside Denzel Washington in the movie American Gangster. and also acted alongside Djimon Hounsou in Amistard.




7.Bambadjan Bamba is originally from Cote D'Ivoire, was in the movie I think I love My Wife alongside Chris Rock. He was also in the popular TV shows Sopranos and Law & Order. He his refered to as the young Omar Epps.



8. Boris Kodjoe, is a Ghanian actor who has been building up a reputation mostly in TV shows, he was in shows such as Eve, All about Us and Madea Family Reunion.



9.David Oyelowo is a Nigerian actor best known for his role in the Last King of Scotland and also the popular TV show, The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency.





10. Joseph Olita is a Kenyan actor who is known for his very convincing role as Idi Amin, in the movie Rise and Fall of Idi Amin. He also acted with Denzel Washington in Mississippi Masala. He was in Sheena the Warrior Princess.

Thursday 4 June 2009

TOP TEN AFRICAN BEAUTIFUL WOMEN


1.Charlize Theron – South African, she is indubitably the most famous movie star to come out of Africa, an Oscar winner who was rated seventh in the Hollywood reporter’s 2006 list of highest paid actresses
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2. Agbani Darego- Nigerain model and the first African to win the Miss World contest, currently a model.
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3. Tiguda- Malian model whose beauty has been featured in several magazines around the world. -->
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6. Miriam Chemmoss- Kenyan actress and model based in New York, who has excelled in theatre, singing and acting in the tough New York scene. -->

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7.Thandie Newton-Zimbabwe,An Hollywood Actress born in London, to a Zimbabwean health-care worker, and an English artist, best known for her role in mission impossible 2 with Tom Cruise. -->

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8. Alek Wek- Sudanese model, who is an inspirational model ,first appeared on the catwalks at the age of 19 in 1995, and is still a model to date. She was in the music video for "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner, and in Janet Jackson "Got 'Til It's Gone" music video. -->

--> 9. Genevieve Nnaji-Popular Nigerian actress who has acted in over 200 nollywood movies. -->

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10. Iman- Somalia- pioneering African model. --> -->