According to the 2021 Forbes’ Africa BilIionaires List released on Friday, January 22, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is Africa’s richest person for the tenth time in a row, as he is now worth $12.1 billion, up by $2 billion from last year’s list, following a 30% rise in the share price of Dangote Cement, which is by far his most valuable asset.
Mike Adenuga of Globacom, and Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA Group, both Nigerians, made it to the list as the 5th and 6th richest persons in Africa respectively. The list captured seven different countries with 18 billionaires; South Africa and Egypt have five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with three and Morocco with two. Altogether they are worth $73.8 billion, slightly more than the $73.4 billion aggregates worth of the 20 billionaires on last year’s list of Africa’s richest people.
See the list below:
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