Africa: Again, Dangote Retains Position As Africa’s Wealthiest Man, Tops Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires’ List

Africa: Again, Dangote Retains Position As Africa’s Wealthiest Man, Tops Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires’ List

Africa’s richest man and Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has once again retained his position as Africa’s wealthiest man, topping Forbes’ Real-time Billionaires List with a net worth of $24.4 billion and ranking 88th globally. The latest ranking, released at the weekend, underscores Dangote’s unmatched dominance in Africa’s wealth hierarchy, where he stands far…

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Africa: Four African Billionaires Richer Than 750 Million People Living On the Continent

Africa: Four African Billionaires Richer Than 750 Million People Living On the Continent

Africa’s wealth disparity has reached unprecedented levels, with just four billionaires now holding more wealth than 750 million people combined – half the continent’s population. According to a report from Oxfam entitled Africa’s Inequality Crisis and the Rise of the Super-Rich, released on Thusday, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, South Africans Johann Rupert and Nicky Oppenheimer…

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