The Richest Africans is an annual ranking of the richest African people, compiled and published by the
American
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Forbes
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''. The list has been published since 2015.
Dangote Group founder
Aliko Dangote ''For people with the given name, see Aliko (given name).''
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has topped the 2018 list. In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list.
Individuals who are from Africa, but don't reside in the continent (such as
Elon Musk
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and
Mo Ibrahim) are omitted by Forbes from the list.
Annual rankings
2021
As of 2021, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are
Egypt
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(5),
South Africa
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(5),
Nigeria
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(3), and
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
(2).
2019
The 2020 billionaires' list was released by
Forbes
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on 14 January 2020. Also, the Forbes provides daily net worth updates which reflects change by 5 PM ET of prior trading day.
See also
*
Lists of billionaires
By nationality
* List of Argentines by net worth
* List of Americans by net worth
**List of richest Americans in history
* List of Australians by net worth
** ''Financial Review'' Rich List
* List of Austrians by net worth
* List of Belgians b ...
*
List of countries by the number of billionaires
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People
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Organizations
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References
External links
Africa's Billionaires ''Forbes''
The World's Billionaires ''Forbes''
Rich List Index ''CEOWORLD magazine''
The richest people in Africa ''LocalFobs.com''
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Lists of people by wealth
Net worth
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Economy of Africa-related lists