List of Africans by net worth

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]

Annual rankings

2020

The 2020 billionaires' list was released by Forbes on 14th January, 2020. Also, the Forbes provides daily net worth updates which reflects change by 5 PM ET of prior trading day.[3]

No. Name Age Nationality Net Worth (USD) Source(s) of Wealth
1 Aliko Dangote 63  Nigeria $ 10.1 billion Cement, Sugar, Self Made
2 Nassef Sawiris 59  Egypt $ 8 billion Construction, Chemicals
3 Mike Adenuga 67  Nigeria $ 7.7 billion Telecom, Oil, Self Made
3 Nicky Oppenheimer & Family 74  South Africa $ 7.7 billion Diamonds
5 Johann Rupert & Family 69  South Africa $ 6.5 billion Luxury Goods
6 Issad Rebrab & Family 76  Algeria $ 4.4 billion Food, Self Made
7 Mohamed Mansour 72  Egypt $ 3.3 billion Diversified, Self Made
8 Abdulsamad Rabiu 59  Nigeria $ 3.1 billion Cement, Sugar
9 Naguib Sawiris 65  Egypt $ 3 billion Telecom
10 Patrice Motsepe 58  South Africa $ 2.6 billion Mining, Self Made

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2017
No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1 Aliko Dangote$12 billion 61 NigeriaSugar, Cement, Flour
2 Nicky Oppenheimer$18.8 billion 73 South AfricaDiamonds
3 Nassef Sawiris$7.2 billion 59 EgyptConstruction, Chemicals
4 Johann Rupert$6.8 billion 68 South AfricaLuxury Goods
5 Mike Adenuga$5.3 billion 65 NigeriaGlobacom
6 Issad Rebrab$4 billion 74 AlgeriaCEVITAL Group
7 Naguib Sawiris$4 billion 64 EgyptOrascom
8 Koos Bekker$2.8 billion 65 South AfricaNaspers
9 Isabel dos Santos$2.7 billion 45 AngolaInvestments
9 Patrice Motsepe$2.7 billion 55 South AfricaMining

See also
  • Lists of billionaires
  • List of countries by the number of billionaires

References
  1. Papadopoulos, Anna (22 October 2018). "Africa's Billionaires: Top 25 Richest People In Africa, 2018". CEOWORLD magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. Dolan, Kerry A. (10 January 2018). "African Billionaire Fortunes Rise On Forbes 2018 List Of Continent's Richest". Forbes. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. "Africa's Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. https://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/financial/2019/02/01/the-forbes-billionaires-list-africas-billionaires-2019/
  5. https://www.forbes.com/africa-billionaires/list/#tab:overall
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