Dangote Retains Throne For 7th Year In A Row As African's Richest, See Forbes’ 23 African Billionaires List

Aliko Dangote

The number of billionaires from the shores of Africa has risen to 23 in January 2018, atop that list sits industrialist Aliko Dangote.

Three Nigerians feature in Forbes’ 23 African Billionaires list, Dangote retaining the throne for the 7th year in a row with $12.2 billion.

The two other Nigerians are Glo owner Mike Adenuga with $5.3 billion, and oil magnate Folorunsho Alakija.

The only other woman on the list is Angola’s Isabel dos Santos with $2.7 billion, down from $3.2 billion a year ago.

8 South Africans feature on the list, the highest for any African country, diamond mining heir Nicky Oppenheimer with $7.7 billion being the richest of the lot.

See the full list of Africa’s 23 billionaires below:

1. Aliko Dangote – $12.2 billion

2. Nicky Oppenheimer – $7.7 billion

3. Ohann Rupert – $7.2 billion

4. Nassef Sawiris – $6.8 billion

5. Mike Adenuga – $5.3 billion

6. Issad Rebrab – $4 billion

6. Naguib Sawiris – $4 billion

8. Koos Bekker – $2.8 billion

9. Isabel dos Santos – $2.7 billion

9. Mohamed Mansour – $2.7 billion

11. Patrice Motsepe – $2.4 billion

12. Aziz Akhannouch – $2.2 billion

13. Yasseen Mansour – $1.9 billion

14. Strive Masiyiwa – $1.7 billion

15. Folorunsho Alakija – $1.6 billion

15. Othman Benjelloun – $1.6 billion

17. Mohammed Dewji – $1.5 billion

18. Youssef Mansour – $1.4 billion

19. Michiel Le Roux – $1.2 billion

19. Stephen Saad – $1.2 billion

21. Desmond Sacco – $1.1 billion

21. Onsi Sawiris – $1.1 billion

21. Christoffel Wiese – $1.1 billion

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