Top 30 Richest People In Africa

Africa is regarded as a poor continent, but this does not mean that everyone is poor, there are some few people who have managed to become the richest by doing several businesses and surprisingly succeeded, according to Forbes , a Nigerian business man and the CEO of Dangote group, Aliko Dangote tops the list once again.

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However, South Africa reportedly has more tycoons compared to other African countries that are economically weak, these tycoons deal in different types of businesses such as Oil, Sugar, Real estate, Retailing, Mining, Luxury good, Construction, Telecom, Banking, Insurance, Diversified and etc.

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Below is the full list of Africa’s richest :

Rank	Name	Networth	Age	Origin of wealth
1	Aliko Dangote	$12.4 B	62	cement, sugar, flour
2	Nicky Oppenheimer	$7.7B	73	Diamonds
3	Christoffel Wiese	$6.7B	76	Retailing
4	Johann Rupert	$6.6B	68	Luxury goods
5	King Mohammed VI	$5.7B	54	Diversified
6	Nassef Sawiris	$5.3 B	57	construction, chemicals
7	Mike Adenuga	$4.5 B	65	telcom, oil
8	Isabel dos Santos	$2.5 B	45	investments
9	Issad Rebrab	$3.9 B	74	food
10	Naguib Sawiris	$4.1 B	64	telecom
11	Mohamed Mansour	$4.1 B	70	diversified
12	Othman Benjelloun	$2.2 B	87	banking, insurance
13	Folorunsho Alakija	$1.3 B	67	Oil
13	Koos Bekker	$1.7 B	65	media, investments
13	Youssef Mansour	$1.44 B	78	diversified
16	Sudir Ruparelia	$720 M	62	Real Estate, Education
17	Onsi Sawiris	$1.2 B	87	construction, telecom
18	Aziz Akhannouch	$1.78 B	57	petroleum, diversified
18	Yasseen Mansour	$1.93 B	57	diversified
20	Stephen Saad	$1.12 B	54	pharmaceuticals
21	Mohammed Dewji	$1.52 B	43	diversified
22	Patrice Motsepe	$1.92 B	56	mining
23	Abdulsamad Rabiu	$1 B	57	cement, sugar, flour
24	Jannie Mouton	$1.3 B	72	financial services
25	Rostam Azizi	$1 B	53	telecom, investments
26	Samih Sawiris	$850 M	61	Real estate, hotels
27	Mohamed Bensalah	$800 M	48	financial services
27	Miloud Chaabi	$800 M	89	diversified
27	Strive Masiyiwa	$1.89	57	Telecom, Media, Tech
30	Theophilus Danjuma	$750M	79	Oil

Please note: The list above includes a few who are not in order.

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