Dangote maintains top spot on Forbes Africa’s richest business people’s list
Nigerian business mogul, Aliko Dangote, remains Africa’s richest person with $12.2 billion net worth, according to the latest 2018 list released by Forbes magazine.
He is followed by Nicky Oppenheimer who has a net worth of $7.7 billion
Dangote is joined by just two other Nigerian billionaires on this year’s list, telecom tycoon Mike Adenuga, who is Africa’s fifth richest person with an estimated $5.3 billion fortune, and oil billionaire Folorunsho Alakija, who has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion
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Legit.ng provides the full list of the top billionaires in Africa, their net worth and the origins of their wealth as presented by Forbes.
1. Aliko Dangote $12.2 billion (cement, sugar, flour)
2. Nicky Oppenheimer $7.7 billion (diamond)
3. Johann Rupert $7.2 billion (luxury goods)
4. Nassef Sawiris $6.8 billion (construction, chemicals)
5. Mike Adenuga $5.3 billion (telecom, oil)
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6. Issad Rebrab $4 billion (food)
7. Naguib Sawiris $4 billion (telecom)
8. Koos Bekker $2.8 billion (media, investments)
9. Isabel Santos $2.7 billion (investments)
10. Mohamed Mansour $2.7 billion (diversified)
11. Patrice Motsepe $ 2.4 billion (mining)
12. Aziz Akhannouch $2.2 billion (petroleum, diversified)
13. Yasseen Mansour $1.9 billion (diversified)
14. Strive Masiyiwa $1.7 billion (telecom)
15. Folorunsho Alakija $1.6 billion (oil)
16. Othman Benjelloun $1.6 billion (banking, insurance)
17. Mohammed Dewji $1.5 billion (diversified)
18. Youssef Mansour $1.4 billion (diversified)
19. Michiel Le Roux $1.2 B billion (banking)
20. Stephen Saad $1.2 billion (pharmaceuticals)
21. Desmond Sacco $1.1 billion (mining)
22. Onsi Sawiris $1.1 billion (construction, telecom)
23. Christoffel Wiese $1.1 billion (retail)
Legit.ng previously reported that Kano state government handed over 150 hectares of land to Dangote Group for the development of $150m Dangote/Black Rhino solar power plant in Zakirai, Gabasawa local government area of the state.
The representative of Aliko Dangote, Alhaji Bello Danmusa, received the land on behalf of the business mogul, Daily Trust reports.
The presentation of the land was witnessed by the district head of Gabasawa local government, Alhaji Abubakar Bello Bayero and the surveyor general of Kano state, Alhaji Dayyabu Dandikko Rogo respectively.
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Source: Legit.ng
