- Aliko Dangote, $13.5 billion, Nigeria
- Johann Rupert, $10.7 billion, Egypt
- Nicky Oppenheimer, $8.4 billion, South Africa
- Abdul Samad Rabiu, $7.6 billion, Nigeria.
- Nassef Sawiris, $7.3 billion, Egypt
- Mike Adenuga, $6.3 billion, Nigeria
- Issad Rebrab, $4.6 billion, Algeria
- Naguib Sawiris, $3.3 billion, Egypt
- Patrice Motsepe, $3.2 billion, South Africa
- Mohamed Mansour, $2.9 billion, Egypt
Annually, Forbes, an American business magazine, compiles and publishes a list of the wealthiest Africans, titled The Richest Africans. Since 2015, the list has been available online
It includes the ten richest people in Africa, residing on the African continent and others living on other continents.
Aliko Dangote, $13.5 billion, Nigeria
Nigerian billionaire and businessman Aliko Dangote was born on April 10, 1957. The Dangote Group, the biggest industrial conglomerate in West Africa, is most recognized for having him as its founder, chairman, and CEO.
Dangote became Nigeria’s first billionaire in 2007, adding $9.2 billion in 2013, ranking 30th globally. He is currently Africa’s richest person. HSBC leaks in 2015 also revealed his tax haven assets in the British Virgin Islands. Up until now, Dangote is the wealthiest person in Africa.
Lagos is where Dangote resides. He works 12 hours a day, from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m., and has two private jets. He also reportedly runs 10 miles on a treadmill nearly every day.
Johann Rupert, $10.7 billion, Egypt
Johann Peter Rupert, a millionaire businessman from South Africa, was born on June 1, 1950. He is the eldest child of industrialist Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte.
He is the chairman of the South African corporation Remgro, Swiss-based luxury goods brand Richemont and CEO of Compagnie Financiere Richemont since April 2010.
With an estimated net worth of US$10.7 billion, Rupert and his family were listed as the second-richest people in South Africa on the 2021 Forbes list.
Nicky Oppenheimer, $8.4 billion, South Africa
A billionaire businessman from South Africa, Nicholas F. Oppenheimer was born on June 8, 1945. Previously serving as both the deputy chairman of Anglo American and the chairman of both the Diamond Trading Corporation and the De Beers diamond mining corporation, he also served as chairman of both organizations. In Africa, he ranks third in terms of wealth.
He was pegged as the 23rd richest person in the UK on the Sunday Times Rich List 2018 having an estimated net worth of £5.5 billion. He was listed as having a reported fortune of US$7.3 billion on Forbes’ list of The World’s Billionaires for 2019 and again on its 2020 list with a reported fortune of US$7.6 billion in August 2020, making him the richest person in South Africa.
Nicholas F wed Orcillia “Strilli” Lasch, a devout Anglican who was the daughter of industrial mogul Helli Lasch, in 1968.
Abdul Samad Rabiu, $7.6 billion, Nigeria.
Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu CFR CON was born on 4 August 1960. In the 1970s and 1980s, one of Nigeria’s leading industrialists was his late father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu.
BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing, infrastructure, and agriculture with annual revenues of over $2.5 billion, was founded and led by Abdul Samad.
He also serves as the BOI’s chairman in Nigeria.
Forbes pegged Rabiu’s wealth at $3.2 billion on July 7, 2020, ranking him 716th among the world’s billionaires. He was said to be Nigeria’s second-richest man in January 2022. He was estimated to have a net worth of $6.7 billion in April 2022, making him the fifth-richest person in Africa. According to reports, Rabiu rose to the position of fourth-richest African in January 2023.
Nassef Sawiris, $7.3 billion, Egypt
The youngest of Onsi Sawiris’ three sons (his brothers being Naguib and Samih), Nassef Onsi Sawiris is a millionaire businessman from Egypt. His projected net worth as of October 2021 was $8.7 billion, making him the wealthiest Arab and fourth-richest African.
Sawiris has made significant investments in the ownership of sporting organizations, especially in association football. The football club holding company V Sports, which owns a 46% stake in Vitória S.C. and the Premier League team Aston Villa, is co-owned by Sawiris and billionaire Wes Edens.
He also was on the board of directors of the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges, Dubai International Financial Exchange DIFX, and became CEO of OCI NV in 2013.
Sawiris, who is married to Sherine and has four children, maintains a home in New York City in addition to living in Cairo.
Mike Adenuga, $6.3 billion, Nigeria
The sixth richest person in Nigeria is billionaire businessman, Chief Michael Adeniuga. He was born on April 29, 1953.
He runs the second-largest telecom provider in Nigeria known as Globacom. It can be accessed in Ghana and Benin.
He has stock in the Equitorial Trust Bank and Conoil, formerly known as Consolidated Oil Company, which conducts oil exploration.
Issad Rebrab, $4.6 billion, Algeria
Issad Rebrab is a wealthy businessman from Algeria who was born in 1944. He serves as CEO of the Cevital industrial group, which is the country’s giant private corporation and is involved in the food, agriculture, steel, and electronics industries. For tax, banking, and customs offences in 2019, he received a six-month term.
In 1998 he ran Cevital, the biggest group in the agricultural business. Cevitel currently owns the largest sugar refineries in the world.
Rebrab is married and has five children
Naguib Sawiris, $3.3 billion, Egypt
Egyptian millionaire businessman Naguib Onsi Sawiris was born on June 15, 1954. Sawiris served as the CEO and chairman of Orascom Telecom Holding and Orascom Investment Holding S.A.E. before becoming chairman of Weather Investments.
Since he joined the family firm in 1979, Sawiris has assisted Orascom in growing and diversifying. As a result, it is now one of Egypt’s largest and most diverse companies and the largest employer in the nation’s private sector.
Sawiris has four kids and is married. He’s a Cairo resident.
Patrice Motsepe, $3.2 billion, South Africa
A mining millionaire from South Africa, Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe was born on January 28, 1962. He has been the Confederation of African Football’s president since March 12, 2021. Having interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum, he founded and served as executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals.
He serves as the non-executive chairman of Harmony Gold, the 12th-largest gold mining business in the world, as well as the deputy chairman of Sanlam, on several corporate boards. With an estimated wealth of R20.07 billion ($1 billion), Motsepe was voted South Africa’s richest man in 2012 and topped the Sunday Times’ annual Rich List.
Dr Precious Moloi, a doctor and businesswoman in fashion, is the spouse of Motsepe. They are parents of three kids.
Mohamed Mansour, $2.9 billion, Egypt
Egyptian billionaire businessman and former politician Mohamed Mansour was born in January 1948. He oversees the $6 billion Mansour Group business as its chairman. Forbes pegged his worth at $2.9 billion as of November 2019.
As a distributor for US businesses including Chevrolet, Marlboro, General Motors, and Caterpillar, Mansour had strong relationships with his two brothers and continued to play an active role in the family business, the Mansour Group.
Mansour gave £600,000 to the Conservative Party as of February 2023. He gave a further £5 million donation in May 2023.
He resides in London’s Mayfair with his wife and two kids.
Conclusion
Aliko Dangote, a billionaire from Nigeria, is the wealthiest person in Africa as of 2021, and Egypt, South Africa, and Nigeria are the nations with the most billionaires.
