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Nkechi Peters


Nigerian-born entrepreneur Kase Lawal is the epitome of the American dream. Arriving to the US a young, idealistic student, Lawal has carved a name for himself in one of the most competitive industries in the world: Oil.

Now head of a multi-billion dollar empire, his Houston-based company, CAMAC, is one of the largest black-owned businesses in the U.S., generating over $2 billion dollars a year.

Founded nearly 25 years ago, Lawal built CAMAC (which stands for Cameroon-American) from a small agriculture business into a global oil company. But it's taken a lot of hard work, determination and guts ...
Nkechi Peters


Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, or BET founder Robert Johnson come to mind when thinking of some of the most affluent black people in the world. However, there is another black billionaire who isn’t a household name here in the United States but is making headlines throughout the world with his business organizing a $5 billion London share sale.

His name is Alhaji Aliko Dangote, owner of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate known as the Dangote Group based in Nigeria and with operations throughout Africa. He is ranked in Forbes as one of the richest black African descendants behind Mohammed Al Amoudi ...