The Top 10 Richest People In Africa- Forbes 2012 List

Who are the richest people in Africa? Does any of your countrymen make the coveted list of African billionaires? Every year, Forbes magazine compiles a list of the richest men and women around the world listing their wealth, what they own and their total net. As of the 2012 list, the richest African, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote comes 79^th in the world with a net worth of about $12bn dollars (equivalent of Kenya’s 9 year budget). Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa dominate the list

This article will list the top 10 richest Africans and what they own (the figures in this list is exclusively from forbes magazine)

Top ten richest africans

1. Aliko dangote $12bn- Nigeria

2. Nicky oppenheimerand $6.5bn- South Africa

3. Nassef sawiris $4.75bn- Egypt

4. Mike Adenuga $4.3bn- Nigeria

5. Johan Rupert and family $4.7bn- South Africa

6. Miloud Chaabi $3bn- Morocco

7. Naguib Sawiris $2.9bn- Egypt

8. Christoffel Wiese $2.7bn- South Africa

9. Onsi Sawiris $2.6bn- Egypt

10. Patrice Motsepe $2.5bn- South Africa

This Hub was last updated on February 26, 2013