List Of Africa's 29 Billionaires And Their Net Worth... See How Many Nigerians Made The List

Africans especially Nigerians are making giant strides all over the world. We reveal to you Africa's financial heavyweights worth billions of dollars. 

This year, a record 1,826 billionaires made it to Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s richest people. There are 29 African billionaires, the same number as in 2014.

While 2 tycoons – South African mining magnate, Desmond Sacco and Moroccan real estate mogul, Anas Sefrioui fell off the billionaire rankings, Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania makes his debut on the list with a fortune estimated at $1.3 billion. At 39, Dewji is the youngest billionaire in Africa.

Nigerian-born Femi Otedola, 50, rejoins the list of African billionaires after a 5-year hiatus with a $1 billion fortune. Folorunsho Alakija of Nigeria and Isabel dos Santos of Angola are the only two female billionaires on the continent.

Meet the 29 Africans who are worth $1 billion or more:

1. Aliko Dangote - $15.7 billion
Nigerian, Cement, Flour, Sugar

2. Johann Rupert & Family - $7.4 billion
South African, Luxury Goods

3. Nicky Oppenheimer & Family, $6.7 billion
South African, Diamonds

4 Christoffel Wiese, $6.3 billion
South African, Retail

5. Nassef Sawiris, $6.3 billion
Egyptian, Construction

6. Mike Adenuga, $4 billion
Nigerian, Telecoms and Oil

7. Mohamed Mansour, $4 billion
Egyptian, Diversified

8. Nathan Kirsh, $3.9 billion
Swaziland. Real Estate

9. Isabel Dos Santos, $3.1 billion
Angolan, Investments

10. Issad Rebrab, $3.1 billion
Algerian, Diversified

11. Naguib Sawiris, $3.1 billion
Egyptian, Telecoms

12. Youssef Mansour, $2.9 billion
Egyptian, Diversified

13. Koos Bekker, $2.3 billion
South African, Media

14. Othman Benjelloun, $2.3 billion
Moroccan, Banking

15. Yasseen Mansour, $2.3 billion
Egyptian, Diversified

16. Patrice Motsepe, $2.1 billion
South African, Mining

17. Stephen Saad, $2.1 billion
South African, Pharmaceuticals

18. Mohamed Al Fayed, $2 billion
Egyptian, Property

19. Folorunsho Alakija, $1.9 billion
Nigerian, Oil

20. Onsi Sawiris, $1.8 billion
Egyptian, Diversified

21. Aziz Akhannouch, $1.7 billion
Moroccan, Diversified

22. Allan Gray, $1.6 billion
South African, Investments

23. Miloud Chaabi, $1.3 billion
Moroccan, Diversified

24. Mohammed Dewji, $1.3 billion
Tanzanian, Diversified

25. Samih Sawiris, $1.1 billion
Egyptian, Property Development

26. Sudhir Ruparelia, $1.1 billion
Ugandan, Property, Banking

27. Femi Otedola, $1 billion
Nigerian, Gas Stations

28. Abdulsamad Rabiu, $1 billion
Nigerian, Diversified

29. Rostam Azizi, $1 billion
Tanzanian, Telecoms

Source: Forbes.com