IN SOME WAYS Mo Dewji is an anomaly(异常，反常的事物). The charismatic(有魅力的，有号召力的) tycoon is currently the only billionaire in east Africa, and the youngest on the continent. By the reticent(沉默寡言的，含蓄的) standards of Africa’s corporate titans, the 51-year-old is comfortable in the limelight(聚光灯，公众注意的中心). Mr Dewji readily(乐意地，欣然地) gives interviews, including recently to The Economist. He posts frequently to over 2m followers on X.
从某些方面来看，莫·德维吉是个异类。这位魅力十足的大亨目前是东非唯一的亿万富翁，也是非洲大陆上最年轻的亿万富翁。按照非洲企业巨头沉默寡言的标准，这位51岁的富翁在聚光灯下显得从容自在。德维吉先生乐于接受采访，最近还接受了《经济学人》的采访。他经常在X平台上向超过200万粉丝发帖。
In other respects Mr Dewji, who owns MeTL Group, a Tanzanian conglomerate(企业集团，联合大企业) founded by his father in the 1970s, is typical. Many large African firms fit this mould(模式，类型) of diversified, family-owned businesses. Domestic champions(冠军，优胜者；此处指龙头企业) are on the rise(在上升，在增长). “We are starting to see bigger and bigger conglomerates controlled by Africans,” says Acha Leke, McKinsey’s chairman for Africa. The consultancy says two-thirds of companies on the continent with annual revenues exceeding $1bn are now locally owned and headquartered; the subsidiaries of foreign multinationals that once dominated African business account for barely 30%.(咨询公司表示，非洲年收入超10亿美元的公司三分之二为本地所有，外国子公司仅占30%。) Large domestic conglomerates have accompanied industrial growth everywhere from Gilded Age America(镀金时代美国（19世纪末）) to post-war South Korea and contemporary India. So the shift could prove transformative.
在其他方面，拥有MeTL集团的德维吉先生则是典型的代表。MeTL集团是他父亲在20世纪70年代创立的坦桑尼亚企业集团。许多非洲大公司都符合这种多元化、家族所有的模式。本土冠军企业正在崛起。“我们开始看到由非洲人控制的越来越大的企业集团，”麦肯锡非洲区主席阿查·莱克表示。该咨询公司表示，非洲大陆年收入超过10亿美元的公司中，三分之二现在由本地所有并在本地设立总部；曾经主导非洲业务的外国跨国公司的子公司仅占30%左右。从镀金时代的美国到战后的韩国和当代印度，大型本土企业集团伴随着工业增长。因此，这一转变可能具有变革性。
For many outsiders(局外人，外部人士) the rise of corporate Africa has one face: Aliko Dangote(阿里科·丹格特，非洲首富), Africa’s richest man. The Nigerian industrialist(实业家，工业家), whose interests range from cement to fertiliser across 17 African countries, opened the continent’s largest oil refinery(炼油厂，精炼厂) in 2023. He has plans for a second, in Kenya. By 2030 he wants the Dangote Group to be Africa’s first $100bn firm.
对于许多局外人来说，非洲企业的崛起只有一张面孔：非洲首富阿里科·丹格特。这位尼日利亚实业家的业务遍及17个非洲国家，从水泥到化肥，他于2023年开设了非洲最大的炼油厂。他计划在肯尼亚开设第二家。到2030年，他希望丹格特集团成为非洲第一家市值1000亿美元的公司。