Forbes ranking 2019 of the 21 richest men in Africa

Forbes has published its 2019 ranking of the 21 richest men in Africa. The ranking was published Wednesday, January 9th. The list reveals that there are fewer billionaires and more poor people on the African continent in 2019.

Nigerian Aliko Dangote has retained his place as Africa’s richest man on Forbes’ list of African billionaires.

However, he lost nearly $ 2 billion compared to last year. Another Nigerian, Folorunsho Alakija, is among the billionaires. It suffered a loss of net worth between last year and this year, as it was 19th in the top 20.

Forbes reports that Alakija’s net worth fell due to the decline in the value of one of Nigeria’s most productive oil fields. It is claimed that the decline can be partly attributed to the fact that oilfield production has stabilized.

Here’s the Forbes 2019 ranking of the 21 richest people in Africa

1. Aliko Dangote – Net worth of $12.2 billion
2. Nicky Oppenheimer – Net worth of $7.7 billion
3. Johann Rupert – Net worth of $7.2 billion
4. Nassef Sawiris – Net worth of $6.8 billion
5. Mike Adenuga – Net worth of $5.3 billion
6. Naguib Sawaris – Net worth of $4 billion
7. Issad Regrab – Net worth of $4 billion
8. Koos Becker – Net worth of $2.8 billion
9. Mohamed Mansour – Net worth of $2.7 billion
10. Patrice Motsepe – Net worth of $2.4 billion
11. Aziz Akhannouch – Net worth of $2.2 billion of dollars
12. Yasseen Mansour – Net worth of $1.9 billion
13. Strive for Masiyiwa – Net worth of $1.7 billion
14. Othman Benjelloun – Net worth of $1.6 billion
15. Mohammed Dewji – Net worth of $1.5 billion
16. Youssef Mansour – Net worth of $1.4 billion
17. Stephen Saad – Net worth of $1.2 billion
18. Michiel Le Roux – Net worth of $1.2 billion dollars
19. Onsi Sawiris – Net worth of $1.2 billion
20. Desmond Sacco – Net worth of $1.1 billion
21. Christoeffel Wiese – Net worth of $1.1 billion