African Richest Men 2016 – Top 20

African Richest Men 2016 – Forbes has just released the list of Top 20 African Richest Men 2016, and according to the list Aliko Dangote, of Nigeria still maintain the lead as the number one richest man in Africa.

Though the list is dominated by Egyptians, who have a combined net worth of $14.1 billion, $2.3 billion shy but Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote’s net worth is worth the sum of all other billionaires in the list of African richest men 2016.

The total sum of money which these African Richest Men 2016 have is worth a total sum of $74.5 billion, this is a drop of $19.5 billion from $94 billion in 2015.

In the list of African richest men 2016, it could be found that the wealthiest group are South Africans with a combined net worth of $20.1 billion.

List of Top 20 African Richest Men 2016

Rank	Name	Net Worth $	Origin of Wealth	Citizenship	Age
1	Aliko Dangote	16.4bn	Cement, Sugar, Flour	Nigeria	58
2	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	6.5bn	Diamonds	South Africa	70
3	King Mohammed VI	5.8bn	Diversified	Morocco	52
4	Christoffel Wiese	5.7bn	Retailing	South Africa	74
5	Johann Rupert & family	5.4bn	Luxury Goods	South Africa	65
6	Nassef Sawiris	4.2bn	Construction, Chemicals	Egypt	55
7	Isabel dos Santos	3.5bn	Investments	Angola	42
8	Issad Rebrab & family	3.1bn	Food	Algeria	71
9	Naguib Sawiris	3bn	Telecom	Egypt	61
10	Mike Adenuga	2.9bn	Telcom, Oil	Nigeria	62
11	Mohamed Mansour	2.5bn	Diversified	Egypt	68
12	Othman Benjelloun	2bn	Banking, Insurance	Morocco	83
13	Femi Otedola	1.8bn	Gas Stations	Nigeria	53
14	Youssef Mansour	1.7bn	Diversified	Egypt	70
15	Folorunsho Alakija	1.6bn	Oil	Nigeria	65
16	Koos Bekker	1.5bn	Media, Investments	South Africa	63
17	Yasseen Mansour	1.4bn	Diversified	Egypt	54
18	Onsi Sawiris	1.3bn	Construction, Telecom	Egypt	86
19	Aziz Akhannouch & family	1.1bn	Petroleum, Diversified	Morocco	55
20	Mohammed Dewji	1.1bn	Diversified	Tanzania	40
21	Stephen Saad	1bn	Pharmaceuticals	South Africa	51
22	Abdulsamad Rabiu	1bn	Cement, Sugar, Flour	Nigeria	55

Who may know the reason that from the 54 countries we have in Africa, only seven countries are represented in the list of 2016 top richest men in Africa and only two women are among.

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