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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Forbes: Africa's Top 10 Richest Men

Forbes recently released it's list of richest and most powerful people in the world and some Africans made the list.This year the combined net worth of people on the list amounted to $4.5 trillion.Brazil,Russia,India and China produced 108 of the 214 new names.Africa also produced some new names this year.Check out the the top ten Africans that made the list  



Aliko Dangote
Networth:  $13.8 billion

Position:  1
Country:  Nigeria
Business: He is the owner of the Dangote Group, which has operations in Nigeria and several other countries in Africa. Current interests include cement, sugar, flour, salt, pasta, beverages and real estate, with new projects in development in the oil and Natural gas, telecommunications, fertilizer and steel.





Nicky Oppenheimer
Net Worth.:  $7 Billion

Position:  2
Country:  South Africa
Business: the chairman of the De Beers diamond mining company and its subsidiary, the Diamond Trading Company. Product(s): Diamond






Nassef Sawiris

Net worth:  $5.6 Billion

Position:  3
Country:  Egypt







Johann Rupert and family

Net Worth:  $4.8 billion

Position:  4
Country:  South Africa






Naguib Swariris

Net Worth: $3.5 billion

Position:  5
Country:  Egypt





Patrice Motsope
Net Worth: $3.5 billion

Postion:  6
Country:  South Africa




Onsi Sawiris
Net Worth:  $2.9 billion

Positon:  7
Country:  Egypt




Mike Adenuga
Net Worth:  $2 billion

Position:  8
Country:  Nigeria




Mohamed Mansour
Net Worth:  $2 billion

Position:  9
Country:  Egypt




Mohammed Ibrahim

Net Worth:  $1.8 billion

Position:  10
Country:  Sudan

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