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The Richest Africans is an annual ranking of the richest African people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes . The list has been published since 2015. Dangote Group founder Aliko Dangote has topped the 2018 list. [1] In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list. [2] Billionaires who are from Africa, but do not reside in the continent (such as Elon Musk and Mo Ibrahim) are excluded from the list by Forbes.
2023
As of 2023, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are Egypt (5), South Africa (6), Nigeria (3), and Morocco (2) [3]
No. | Name | Net worth (USD) | Nationality | Source(s) of wealth |
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1 | Aliko Dangote | $13.5B | Nigeria | Dangote Cement |
2 | Johann Rupert | $10.7B | South Africa | Richemont |
3 | Nicky Oppenheimer | $8.4B | South Africa | De Beers |
4 | Abdul Samad Rabiu | $7.6B | Nigeria | BUA Group |
5 | Nassef Sawiris | $7.3B | Egypt | Orascom |
6 | Mike Adenuga | $6.3B | Nigeria | Glo (company) |
7 | Issad Rebrab | $4.6B | Algeria | Cevital |
8 | Naguib Sawiris | $3.3B | Egypt | Orascom |
9 | Patrice Motsepe | $3.2B | South Africa | African Rainbow Minerals |
10 | Mohamed Mansour | $2.9B | Egypt | Mansour Group |
11 | Koos Bekker | $2.6B | South Africa | Naspers |
12 | Strive Masiyiwa | $1.9B | Zimbabwe | Econet Global |
13 | Aziz Akhannouch | $1.5B | Morocco | Akwa Group |
13 | Mohammed Dewji | $1.5B | Tanzania | MeTL Group |
13 | Youssef Mansour | $1.5B | Egypt | Mansour Group |
16 | Othman Benjelloun | $1.3B | Morocco | Bank of Africa Group |
17 | Michiel Le Roux | $1.2B | South Africa | Capitec Bank |
18 | Yasseen Mansour | $1.1B | Egypt | Mansour Group |
18 | Christoffel Wiese | $1.1B | South Africa | Pepkor |
As of 2021, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are Egypt (5), South Africa (5), Nigeria (3), and Morocco (2). [4]
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The 2020 billionaires' list was released by Forbes on 14 January 2020. Also, the Forbes provides daily net worth updates which reflects change by 5 PM ET of prior trading day. [5]
No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Net worth (USD) | Source(s) of wealth |
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1 | Aliko Dangote | 63 | ![]() | $ 8.3 billion | Dangote Group |
2 | Nicky Oppenheimer & Family | 74 | ![]() | $ 7.4 billion | De Beers |
3 | Nassef Sawiris | 59 | ![]() | $ 7.3 billion | Orascom |
4 | Mike Adenuga | 67 | ![]() | $ 6.2 billion | Globacom, Conoil |
5 | Johann Rupert & Family | 69 | ![]() | $ 5.4 billion | Richemont, Remgro |
6 | Issad Rebrab & Family | 76 | ![]() | $ 3.9 billion | Cevital |
7 | Mohamed Mansour | 72 | ![]() | $ 3.3 billion | Mansour Group |
8 | Abdulsamad Rabiu | 59 | ![]() | $ 3.2 billion | BUA Group |
9 | Naguib Sawiris | 65 | ![]() | $ 3 billion | Orascom |
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