Forbes Top 18 Richest Africans In 2021

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The global media Company Forbes has published its list of the top 18 Richest Africans in 2021.

Nigerian multi-millionaire Aliko Dangote has maintained his position as the richest man in Africa for the 10th time consecutively with a net worth of $12 billion.

Forbes Top 18 Richest Africans In 2021 — Aliko Dangote

Forbes Top 18 Richest Africans — *Nassef Sawiris*

He is followed by Egyptian businessman, Nassef Sawiris with a net worth of $8.5 billion, and South African billionaire businessman, Nicky Oppenheimer with a net worth of $8 billion.

The list has a total of 5 billionaires from South Africa, 5 from Egypt, 3 from Nigeria and 1 each from Tanzania, Algeria and Zimbabwe.

Mohammed Dewji, 45, from Tanzania is the youngest billionaire on the list.

Unfortunately, there is no woman on the list. Isabella Don Santos from Angola and Folorunso Alakija from Nigeria who made it to the list in 2020 dropped out this year.

Forbes List of 18 Richest Africans In 2021

Position	Name	Country	Source of Wealth	Net Worth
1	Aliko Dangote	Nigeria		$12 billion
2	Nassef Sawiris	Egypt	Nassef Sawiris is an investor most valuable asset is a nearly 6% stake in sportswear maker Adidas	$8.5 billion
3	Nicky Oppenheimer	South Africa	The majority of Oppenheimer’s fortune is derived from the proceeds he collected selling his family’s 40% stake in De Beers, the world’s largest rough diamond producer, to Anglo American for $5.2 billion in August 2012.	$8 billion
4	Johann Rupert	South Africa	Trades in luxury goods. Johann Rupert is the chairman of Swiss luxury goods firm Compagnie Financiere Richemont. The company is known for the brands Cartier and Montblanc.	7.2 billion
5	Mike Adenuga	Nigeria	Telecom and oil production He owns a mobile phone network, Globacom, which is the third largest Phone operator network in Nigeria, with 55 million subscribers.	6.3 billion
6	Abdulsamad Rabiu	Nigeria	Cement, Sugar He is the founder of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate active in cement production, sugar refining and real estate.	5.5 billion
7	Issad Rebrab	Algeria	Steel, food, agribusiness and electronics.	4.8 billion
8	Naguib Sawiris	Egypt	Telecom	3.2 billion
9	Patrice Motsepe	South Africa	Mining	3 billion
10	Koos Bekker	South Africa	Media He transformed South African newspaper publisher Naspers into an ecommerce investor and cable TV powerhouse.	2.8 billion
11	Mohamed Mansour	Egypt	Automotive sector He is the chairman of Mansour Group, a US$6 billion conglomerate that is the second largest company in Egypt by revenue.	2.5 billion
12	Aziz Akhannouch	Morroco	Petroleum Aziz is the CEO of Akwa Group, a Moroccan conglomerate particularly active in the oil and gas sector.	2 billion
13	Mohammed Dewji	Tanzania	Textile manufacturing, flour milling, beverages and edible oils in eastern, southern and central Africa.	1.6 billion
14	Youssef Mansour	Egypt	Authomative sector Like his brothers Mohamed and Yasseen, Youssef owns a stake in his family’s business, Mansour Group, which is the largest distributor of General Motors vehicles in Egypt.	1.5 billion
15	Othman Benjelloun	Morroco	Banking, Insurance He is the president and CEO of BMCE Bank (Moroccan Bank for External Trade)	1.3 billion
16	Michiel Le Roux	South Africa	Banking He founded Capitec Bank in 2001 and owns about an 11% stake.	1.2 billion
17	Strive Masiyiwa	Zimbabwe	Strive is the founder and executive chairman of the international technology group Econet Global	1.2 billion
18	Yasseen Mansour	Egypt	Yasseen owns a stake in his family’s company Mansour Group, which is the largest distributor of General Motors vehicles in Egypt. He is also the chairman of one of the largest real estate developers in Egypt, Palm Hills Developments.	1.1 billion