Forbes has revealed its 2023 list of the 18 wealthiest people in Africa, along with its yearly list of billionaires from throughout the world. After earning more than $3 billion in a single year, Aliko Dangote kept his title as the richest man in Africa.
For the 12th year in a row, Aliko Dangote, chairman and CEO of the industrial conglomerate Dangote Group, has retained his title as the richest person in Africa.
Dangote’s net worth increased by $300 million in a single year to $ 14.3 billion, moving him up from 130th to 124th on Forbes’ 2023 Global Billionaires List.
Using stock prices and exchange rates, the Forbes World’s Billionaires ranking offers a snapshot of wealth each year. In addition to Dangote, 17 additional Africans were mentioned on Forbes’ list of 2,640 global billionaires for 2023.
x24 Media Group has put together the African billionaires on the Forbes 2023 list and are distributed as follows: one each from Algeria, Morocco, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, three from Nigeria, and five from Egypt and South Africa.
Forbes Africa’s 2023 rich list and net worth;
Aliko Dangote – $14.2 bn – Nigeria
Johann Rupert & family – $11.1 bn – South Africa
Nicky Oppenheimer & family – $8.4 bn – South Africa
Abdulsamad Rabiu – $8.2 bn – Nigeria
Nassef Sawiris – $7.4 bn – Egypt
Mike Adenuga – $6.1 bn – Nigeria
Issad Rebrab & family – $4.6 bn – Algeria
Mohamed Mansour – $3.6 bn – Egypt
Naguib Sawiris – $3.3 bn – Egypt
Patrice Motsepe – $2.7 bn – South Africa
Koos Bekker – $2.4 bn – South Africa
Strive Masiyiwa – $1.9 bn – Zimbabwe
Aziz Akhannouch & family – $1.5 bn – Morocco
Mohammed Dewji – $1.5 bn – Tanzania
Youssef Mansour – $1.5 bn – Egypt
Othman Benjelloun & family – $1.3 bn – Morocco
Yasseen Mansour – $1.3 bn – Egypt
Michiel Le Roux – $1 bn – South Africa
Dangote Tops Forbes List of Africa’s 18 Richest Men for 2023
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