Elon Musk follows Africa’s richest man’s playbook with $10.5 billion SpaceX share giveaway to American children

Musk announced the plan on October 19, 2026, weeks after Dangote unveiled programmes to help two million vulnerable Nigerian women and potentially four million tertiary students acquire shares in his $20 billion oil refinery
Argentina follows Africa’s second-largest economy’s playbook with $350,000 citizenship offer to wealthy foreigners as both countries face high debt levels

The programme is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2026, with applicants able to make a non-refundable $350,000 payment to the national Treasury or buy $800,000 in public bonds