The African Billionaires 2016

The African continent has produced many wealthy people; with over 20 known billionaires. Here are the richest people in Africa, according to Forbes.

1              Aliko Dangote                 14.4 bn    Nigeria

2              Mike Adenuga                10 bn       Nigeria

3              Nicky Oppenheimer       6.6 bn    South Africa

4              Christoffel Wiese             6.2 bn    South Africa

5              Johann Rupert                  5.3 bn    South Africa

6              Nassef Sawiris                 4.1 bn      Egypt

7              Nathan Kirsch                  3.7 bn      Swaziland

8              Isabel dos Santos             3.1 bn    Angola

9              Issad Rebrab                     3.1 bn     Algeria

10           Naguib Sawiris                  3 bn        Egypt

11           Mohamed Mansour          2.5 bn    Egypt

12           Othman Benjelloun          1.9 bn    Morocco

13           Mohamed Al Fayed          1.9 bn    Egypt

14           Femi Otedola                     1.85 bn   Nigeria

15           Youssef Mansour              1.73 bn    Egypt

16           Folorunsho Alakija           1.55 bn   Nigeria

17           Allan Gray                           1.49 bn   South Africa

18           Koos Bekker                      1.47 bn   South Africa

19           Yassen Mansour                1.39 bn   Egypt

20           Aziz Akhannouch             1.25 bn   Morocco

21           Patrice Motsepe               1.15 bn   South Africa

22           Abdulsamad Rabiu          1.1 bn    Nigeria

23           Onsi Sawiris                      1.09 bn   Egypt

24           Mohammed Dewji          1.09 bn  Tanzania