The recently released list captured only eight African countries with billionaires; Egypt and South Africa have five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with four and Morocco with two.
The Nigerian-born businessman maintained the number spot on the list with a net worth of $10.1 billion, beating Egyptian billionaire, Nassef Sawiris who took the second spot with a net worth of $8 billion. Dangote made his fortune from cement, oil and gas, flour and sugar.
Mike Adenuga who is Nigeria's second richest man tied at the third spot with South Africa’s Nicky Oppenheimer with a net worth of $7.7 billion. Adenuga made his fortune from banking, oil production and telecom. His mobile phone network, Globacom is Nigeria’s third-largest operator.
South African businessman and Chairman of Swiss luxury goods firm Compagnie Financiere Richemont, Johann Rupert took the 5th spot with a net worth of $6.5 billion. His company is best known for its brands, Cartier and Montblanc.
Nigeria’s richest woman, Folorunsho Alakija took the last spot on the list with a net worth of $1 billion.
See the full list below:
1. Aliko Dangote $10.1 billion
2. Nassef Sawiris $8 billion
3. Mike Adenuga $7.7 billion
4. Nicky Oppenheimer $7.7 billion
5. Johann Rupert $6.5 billion
6. Issad Rebrab $4.4 billion
7. Mohamed Mansour $3.3 billion
8. Abdulsamad Rabiu $3.1 billion
9. Naguib Sawiris $3 billion
10. Patrice Motsepe $2.6 billion
11. Koos Bekker – $2.5 billion
12. Yasseen Mansour – $2.3 billion
13. Isabel dos Santos – $2.2 billion
14. Youssef Mansour – $1.9 billion
15. Aziz Akhannouch – $1.7 billion
16. Mohammed Dewji – $1.6 billion
17. Othman Benjelloun – $1.4 billion
18. Michiel Le Roux – $1.3 billion
19. Strive Masiyiwa – $1.1 billion
20. Folorunsho Alakija – $1 billion
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