Eminent businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is at the top of the list of 11 Nigerians who made this year’s Forbes 40 richest Africans.
So also did Dangote retain his position, which he won last year, as Africa’s richest man.
Other Nigerians on the Forbes richest list are Mike Adenuga, Jim Ovia, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Folorunsho Alakija, Theophilus Danjuma, Oba Otudeko, Mohammed Indimi, O. B. Lulu-Briggs, Sanni Bello, and Hakeem Bello-Osagie.
The complete list is made up of 12 South Africans, 11 Nigerians, eight Egyptians, five Moroccans, an Angolan, a Tanzanian, a Ugandan and a Kenyan.
They are all worth $12 billion.
Forbes said in its report on the rating of Dangote: “Africa is no longer big enough for Aliko Dangote, the continent’s richest man.
“His flagship company, Dangote Cement, is Africa’s largest cement manufacturer, with operations in 14 African countries. In September, Dangote revealed plans to open cement plants in Myanmar and Iraq. In October, he sold his controlling stake in Dangote Flour Mills to South African consumer goods firm Tiger Brands for $190 million.”
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