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] Individuals from Africa but now primarily living and working elsewhere, such as Elon Musk, are not included in this list.

Annual rankings

2020

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.[3]

No. Name Age Nationality Net Worth (USD) Source(s) of Wealth
1 Aliko Dangote 63  Nigeria $8.3 billion Dangote Group
2 Nicky Oppenheimer & Family 74  South Africa $ 7.4 billion De Beers
3 Nassef Sawiris 59  Egypt $ 7.3 billion Orascom
4 Mike Adenuga 67  Nigeria $ 6.2 billion Globacom, Conoil
5 Johann Rupert & Family 69  South Africa $ 5.4 billion Richemont, Remgro
6 Issad Rebrab & Family 76  Algeria $ 3.9 billion Cevital
7 Mohamed Mansour 72  Egypt $ 3.3 billion Mansour Group
8 Abdulsamad Rabiu 59  Nigeria $ 3.2 billion BUA Group
9 Naguib Sawiris 65  Egypt $ 3 billion Orascom

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2021
No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1 Aliko Dangote$12 billion 61 NigeriaDangote Group
2 Nicky Oppenheimer$7.7 billion 73 South AfricaDe Beers
3 Nassef Sawiris$7.2 billion 59 EgyptOrascom
4 Johann Rupert$6.8 billion 68 South AfricaRichemont, Remgro
5 Mike Adenuga$5.3 billion 65 NigeriaGlobacom, Conoil
6 Issad Rebrab$4 billion 74 AlgeriaCevital
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 AfricaAfrican Rainbow Minerals

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. "Elon Musk". Forbes. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. https://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/financial/2019/02/01/the-forbes-billionaires-list-africas-billionaires-2019/
  6. https://www.forbes.com/africa-billionaires/list/#tab:overall
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