With a net worth of $10.1 billion, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is the wealthiest man in Africa and the only African on the list of top 100 richest in the world. Along with Aliko Dangote, three other Nigerian billionaires who made the list were oil and telecoms mogul Mike Adenuga whose fortune is currently estimated at $7.7 billion, Abdulsamad Rabiu ($3.1 billion) and Folorunsho Alakija, with an estimated at $1 billion.
Isabel dos Santos, an Angolan businesswoman, the eldest child of Angola’s former President José Eduardo dos Santos (who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017), is the richest woman in Africa.
South Africa is home to 8 billionaires in Africa, followed by Egypt (6 billionaires); Nigeria (4 billionaires); Morocco (2 billionaires); and Algeria, Angola, Eswatini (Swaziland), Tanzania, and Zimbabwe – 1 billionaire each. Only 2 woman features on the list of the 25 richest people in Africa — Angola’s richest person, Isabel Dos Santos and Folorunsho Alakija from Nigeria.
Africa's Billionaires: Richest People In Africa, 2020
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Country | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliko Dangote | $10.1 billion | Nigeria | Dangote Cement |
| 2 | Nassef Onsi Sawiris | $8 billion | Egypt | Orascom Construction Industries |
| 3 | Mike Adenuga | $7.7 billion | Nigeria | Globacom, Conoil |
| 4 | Nicky Oppenheimer | $7.7 billion | South Africa | Formerly the chairman of De Beers |
| 5 | Johann Rupert | $6.5 billion | South Africa | Compagnie Financiere Richemont, Cartier, Montblanc |
| 6 | Nathan Kirsh | $5.1 billion | Eswatini | Jetro Holdings |
| 7 | Issad Rebrab | $4.4 billion | Algeria | Cevital |
| 8 | Mohamed Mansour | $3.3 billion | Egypt | Mansour Group |
| 9 | Abdulsamad Rabiu | $3.1 billion | Nigeria | BUA Group |
| 10 | Naguib Onsi Sawiris | $3 billion | Egypt | Orascom TMT Investments, Euronews |
| 11 | Patrice Motsepe | $2.6 billion | South Africa | African Rainbow Minerals |
| 12 | Koos Bekker | $2.5 billion | South Africa | Media group Naspers |
| 13 | Yasseen Mansour | $2.3 billion | Egypt | Mansour Group |
| 14 | Isabel dos Santos | $2.2 billion | Angola | Investor |
| 15 | Youssef Mansour | $1.9 billion | Egypt | Mansour Group |
| 16 | Aziz Akhannouch | $1.7 billion | Morocco | Akwa Group |
| 17 | Mohammed Dewji | $1.6 billion | Tanzania | CEO of METL Group |
| 18 | Mohamed Al Fayed | $1.5 billion | Egypt | Investor |
| 19 | Othman Benjelloun | $1.4 billion | Morocco | CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa |
| 20 | Michiel Le Roux | $1.3 billion | South Africa | Capitec Bank |
| 21 | Stephen Saad | $1.2 billion | South Africa | Aspen Pharmacare |
| 22 | Strive Masiyiwa | $1.1 billion | Zimbabwe | Econet Wireless Zimbabwe |
| 23 | Christoffel Wiese | $1.1 billion | South Africa | Shoprite Holdings, Brait, Invicta Holdings |
| 24 | Desmond Sacco | $1.1 billion | South Africa | Assore Group |
| 25 | Folorunsho Alakija | $1 billion | Nigeria | Vice chair Famfa Oil |
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