This man is an inspiration to many of us in Nigeria and in Africa. The 2012 list of Africa’s 40 richest people is out. From the new list of Africa’s 40 richest people, eleven are Nigerians. Seven of the eleven have ‘Oil’ as their source of wealth. Some of the people in the list are; Folorunsho Alakija, Jim Ovia, Mike Adenuga, Oba Otudeko and others.
Africa’s 40 richest are worth a combined $72.9 billion, up 12% from a year ago.
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Rank | Name | Net Worth ($ mil) | Age |
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1 |
Aliko Dangote |
$12,000 | 55 |
2 |
Nicky Oppenheimer & family |
$6,400 | 67 |
3 |
Johann Rupert & family |
$5,700 | 62 |
4 |
Nassef Sawiris |
$5,500 | 51 |
5 |
Mike Adenuga |
$4,600 | 59 |
6 |
Christoffel Wiese |
$3,700 | 71 |
7 |
Othman Benjelloun |
$2,750 | 80 |
8 |
Patrice Motsepe |
$2,650 | 50 |
9 |
Naguib Sawiris |
$2,500 | 58 |
10 |
Mohamed Mansour |
$2,200 | 64 |
11 |
Onsi Sawiris |
$2,170 | 82 |
12 |
Miloud Chaabi |
$2,100 | 83 |
13 |
Yasseen Mansour |
$2,000 | 51 |
14 |
Youssef Mansour |
$1,950 | 67 |
15 |
Desmond Sacco |
$1,400 | 70 |
16 |
Anas Sefrioui |
$1,350 | 55 |
17 |
Stephen Saad |
$975 | 48 |
18 |
Sudhir Ruparelia |
$900 | 56 |
19 |
Jim Ovia |
$825 | 58 |
20 |
Shafik Gabr |
$720 | 60 |
21 |
Abdulsamad Rabiu |
$675 | – |
21 |
Cyril Ramaphosa |
$675 | 60 |
23 |
Lauritz (Laurie) Dippenaar |
$625 | 64 |
24 |
Folorunsho Alakija |
$600 | 61 |
24 |
Theophilus Danjuma |
$600 | 73 |
26 |
Oba Otudeko |
$575 | 68 |
27 |
Raymond Ackerman |
$550 | 81 |
27 |
Mohammed Indimi |
$550 | 64 |
29 |
Samih Sawiris |
$525 | 55 |
30 |
Said Salim Bakhresa |
$520 | 63 |
31 |
Isabel dos Santos |
$500 | 39 |
31 |
Moulay Hafid Elalamy |
$500 | 52 |
31 |
O.B. Lulu-Briggs |
$500 | 82 |
34 |
Alami Lazraq |
$490 | 62 |
35 |
Gerrit Thomas (GT) Ferreira |
$480 | 64 |
36 |
Koos Bekker |
$450 | 59 |
37 |
Sani Bello |
$425 | 69 |
38 |
Jannie Mouton |
$415 | 65 |
39 |
Naushad Merali |
$410 | 61 |
40 |
Hakeem Belo-Osagie |
$400 | 57
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