“So my goal is to make transfers, especially payments and remittances in and out of Africa and other emerging markets, faster, cheaper, and more equitable.” So far, Mansa has lived up to ...

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A forgotten ruler of Africa was worth £400 billion and almost crashed the Egyptian economy through his gift-giving. Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire. His reign in the 14th ...

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North Africa. Battuta travelled throughout the known Islamic world. In the 1350s, he travelled through Mali to Timbuktu where he heard stories of Mansa Musa, which he wrote down. Similarly ...

Lakini yeye sio mtu tajiri kuwahi kuishi duniani. Taji hilo linadaiwa kumilikiwa na Mansa Musa , mfalme wa karne ya 14 kutoka Afrika Magharibi ambaye utajiri wake ungeathiri uchumi wa taifa zima.