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News reaching our desk this morning indicates that Barbadian-American singer Rihanna is now officially a billionaire and the wealthiest female musician in the world, according to Forbes. Rihanna, launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, she sought to create a cosmetics company that made “women everywhere (feel) included.” A perhaps unintended consequence: The beauty line has helped her enter one of the world’s ...

From Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to Harrison Ford, the world’s 20 highest paid actors earned a combined $703.5 million between June 1, 2015 and June 1, 2016, before management fees and taxes. Figures are based on data from Nielsen, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with agents, managers and lawyers. Check also: Top 10 Highest Paid Models in ...

For fashion’s elite, follower count has finally turned into fiscal fortitude. Though Gisele Bündchen still leads the world’s top-earning models with $30.5 million, Kendall Jenner (No. 3) and newcomer Gigi Hadid (No. 5) have risen up the ranks by turning their outsized Instagram followings into multi-million dollar paydays. Check also: Uganda’s Top 20 Fashion Designers Gisele remains the woman to catch: The 36-year-old has made more money than any other model ...

Alexandra Andresen is the world’s youngest billionaire. Heir to a family fortune built on tobacco, she debuts among the 2016 World’s Billionaires thanks to her stake in investment company Ferd that FORBES values at $1.2 billion. Check also: World’s Top 10 Youngest Billionaires – 2015 Fresh out of high school, Alexandra is one of the most promising horseback riders in Norway, collecting trophies from ...

The future will be built in Africa, Facebook’s  CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in Nigeria, before travelling to Kenya, the “world leader” in mobile money, on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, a surprise trip which has propelled Africa’s entrepreneurial spirit into the news. Check also: Mark Zuckerberg On Nigeria Tour, He Meets With African Tech Leaders “It’s inspiring to see how engineers here are using mobile ...