Tech Tycoon Pays ‘Natural Dividend’ to Preserve African Island

Mark Shuttleworth, a technology tycoon, will start paying stipends to the inhabitants of an island off Africa’s west coast where he owns luxury resorts to help preserve its biodiversity.

By Antony Sguazzin, Prinesha Naidoo · Bloomberg Markets

Mark Shuttleworth, a technology tycoon, will start paying stipends to the inhabitants of an island off Africa’s west coast where he owns luxury resorts to help preserve its biodiversity.