Three Nigerians have featured in Forbes 23 African Billionaires List.. Sitting atop the list, for the 7th year in a row, is industrialist, Aliko Dangote with $12.2 Billion.
Two other Nigerians are also on the list, they include, Glo owner, Mike Adenuga with $5.3 Billion, and oil magnate Folorunsho Alakija with $1.6 Billion.
3 Nigerians feature in Forbes' 23 African Billionaires list, Dangote retaining the throne for the 7th year in a row with $12.2 billion.
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 Johann 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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