Xolane Ndhlovu Gifts 3m to Davido, Supports African Young Tech Students

DafriBank Digital Chairman Xolane Ndhlovu has become a trending topic following his N3 million birthday donation to Afrobeat singer Davido.

Xolane Ndhlovu joined other celebrities and billionaires such as Obi Cubana, Femi Otedola, e-Money, Oba Elegushi and a host of others who donated a minimum of one million naira to the Aye singer when he called out all his wealthy friends on November 17 asking them for N1 million naira each to his Wema Bank account as his birthday gift.

Ndhlovu who explained that “I am a fan of @Davido music,” joined others in crediting the singer’s account in what has been termed a 24-hour one-million donations craze during which the singer became over N180 million richer.

The DafriBank chairman became the topic of discussion online because, save for the undisclosed amount from some donors, his donation was about one of the biggest.
He had posted evidence of payment on his social media handles, @xolanendhlovu, on Instagram and Twitter, accompanied with the message: “I hope I’m not late? Well, Anambra money never late oo. 3M@Davido. Thanks for the good music.”

This was coming a few days after his name was also linked with another act of generosity in which he had donated the sum of N1.5 million as support for an educational project meant for sponsorship of 200 African young tech students to a workshop.

Ndhlovu’s N1.5m was complemented by Afrobeat producer and influencer, Don Jazzy to complete the N3 million needed for the take-off of the process. Unfortunately, though, there has been a bit of controversy about the initiator of the project sexual shenanigans with female applicants to the training.

Ndhlovu’s starring role in the Davido million-naira birthday craze did not come as surprise to many. The Nigerian-South African billionaire, investor and philanthropist’s name has been a recurrent item as far as acts of generosity across the continent since 2020 when he made a donation of 500, 000 rand to the Covid-19 fund of the South Africa government.