Cameroon's richest man says South Africa's FNB liquidated R4 billion in his assets to recover R520 million
Billionaires Africa | 29.05.2026 00:12
Baba Ahmadou Danpullo had been building his South African property empire for more than 35 years when First National Bank moved against him in early 2020. What followed was the most consequential financial dispute between a private African investor and a South African institution in recent memory, one that cost hundreds of workers their jobs, paralysed a major telecoms operator in Central Africa, drew in two African presidents and raised questions that no South African court has fully answered.
