Nigeria-based Ventures financial magazine has released a list of 55 African billionaires. The total networth of the 55 billionaires is at $143.88 billion. Out of the 55 persons only three ladies made it to the list. The ladies include Folorunsho Alakija of Nigeria, Isabel Dos Santos, the eldest daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Ngina Kenyatta, the mother of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. The average net worth of the members of this exclusive club is $2.6 billion, while the median age of the richest people in Africa is 65 years. The oldest billionaires are Kenyan industrialist, Manu Chandaria, and Egyptian property tycoon, Mohammed Al-Fayed, both aged 84. The youngest billionaires are Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania and Igho Sanomi, a Nigerian oil trader who are both 38 years old.
Top 10 richest people in Africa
1. Aliko Dangote. The Nigerian is worth $20.2bn.
2. Allan Gray.The South African holds assets worth at least $8.5bn.
3. Mike Adenuga.The Nigerian has an estimated fortune of $8bn.
4.Folorunsho Alakija, Africa’s wealthiest woman, Nigerian is worth $7.3bn.
5. Nicky Oppenheimer. The south African is worth $6.5 bn
6. Johann Rupert ,The south African is worth $6.1 bn
7. Nassef Sawiris. the egyptian is woth $5.2 bn
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8.
Gilbert Chagoury &
Family, the Nigerian is worth $4.2 bn
9. Nathan
Kirsh from Swaziland is worth $3.6 bn10. Christoffel Wiese from South Africa is worth $3.4 b n
