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The Richest Africans is an annual ranking of the richest African people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes. The list has been published since 2015. Dangote Group founder Aliko Dangote has topped the 2018 list.^[1] In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list.^[2] Billionaires who are from Africa, but do not reside in the continent (such as Elon Musk, Mohammed Al Amoudi, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Mo Ibrahim, Tope Awotona) are excluded from the list by Forbes.

Annual rankings

2024

As of December 2024, South African billionaire Johann Rupert is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are South Africa (6), Egypt (5), Nigeria (4), and Morocco (2). Algeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe each have one billionaire. ^[3]

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Johann Rupert	$14.5B	South Africa	Fashion & Retail
2	Aliko Dangote	$13.9B	Nigeria	Manufacturing
3	Nicky Oppenheimer	$11.5B	South Africa	Metals & Mining
4	Nassef Sawiris	$9.6B	Egypt	Construction & Engineering
5	Naguib Sawiris	$7.55B	Egypt	Telecommunications & Engineering
6	Mike Adenuga	$6.9B	Nigeria	Glo (company)
7	Abdul Samad Rabiu	$5.9B	Nigeria	BUA Group
8	Mohamed Mansour	$3.3B	Egypt	Mansour Group
9	Patrice Motsepe	$3.2B	South Africa	Metals & Mining
9	Koos Bekker	$3.2B	South Africa	Media & Entertainment
11	Strive Masiyiwa	$3.1B	Zimbabwe	Telecommunications & Engineering
12	Issad Rebrab	$2.7B	Algeria	Food & Beverage
13	Michiel Le Roux	$1.9B	South Africa	Finance
14	Mohammed Dewji	$1.8B	Tanzania	MeTL Group
15	Aziz Akhannouch	$1.7B	Morocco	Akwa Group
16	Christoffel Wiese	$1.6B	South Africa	Fashion & Retail
16	Othman Benjelloun	$1.6B	Morocco	Finance
18	Femi Otedola	$1.5B	Nigeria	Energy
19	Youssef Mansour	$1.3B	Egypt	Mansour Group
20	Yasseen Mansour	$1.2B	Egypt	Mansour Group

As of 2023, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are Egypt (5), South Africa (6), Nigeria (3), and Morocco (2)^[4]

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Aliko Dangote	$13.5B	Nigeria	Dangote Cement
2	Johann Rupert	$10.7B	South Africa	Richemont
3	Nicky Oppenheimer	$8.4B	South Africa	De Beers
4	Abdul Samad Rabiu	$7.6B	Nigeria	BUA Group
5	Nassef Sawiris	$7.3B	Egypt	Orascom
6	Mike Adenuga	$6.3B	Nigeria	Glo (company)
7	Issad Rebrab	$4.6B	Algeria	Cevital
8	Naguib Sawiris	$3.3B	Egypt	Orascom
9	Patrice Motsepe	$3.2B	South Africa	African Rainbow Minerals
10	Mohamed Mansour	$2.9B	Egypt	Mansour Group
11	Koos Bekker	$2.6B	South Africa	Naspers
12	Strive Masiyiwa	$1.9B	Zimbabwe	Econet Global
13	Aziz Akhannouch	$1.5B	Morocco	Akwa Group
13	Mohammed Dewji	$1.5B	Tanzania	MeTL Group
13	Youssef Mansour	$1.5B	Egypt	Mansour Group
16	Othman Benjelloun	$1.3B	Morocco	Bank of Africa Group
17	Michiel Le Roux	$1.2B	South Africa	Capitec Bank
18	Yasseen Mansour	$1.1B	Egypt	Mansour Group
18	Christoffel Wiese	$1.1B	South Africa	Pepkor

2021

As of 2021, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is the richest person in Africa, and the African countries with the most billionaires are Egypt (5), South Africa (5), Nigeria (3), and Morocco (2). ^[5]

No.	Name	Net worth (USD)	Age	Nationality	Source(s) of wealth
1	Aliko Dangote	$14 billion	63	Nigeria	Dangote Group
2	Nassef Sawiris	$8.5 billion	59	Egypt	Orascom
3	Nicky Oppenheimer	$8.0 billion	75	South Africa	De Beers
4	Johann Rupert	$7.2 billion	70	South Africa	Richemont, Remgro
4	Mike Adenuga	$6.3 billion	67	Nigeria	Globacom, Conoil
6	Abdul Samad Rabiu	$5.5 billion	60	Nigeria	BUA Group
7	Issad Rebrab	$4.4 billion	77	Algeria	Cevital
9	Naguib Sawiris	$3.2 billion	66	Egypt	Orascom
9	Patrice Motsepe	$3.0 billion	58	South Africa	African Rainbow Minerals
10	Koos Bekker	$2.8 billion	68	South Africa	Naspers
11	Mohamed Mansour	$2.5 billion	72	Egypt	Mansour Group
12	Aziz Akhannouch	$2.0 billion	60	Morocco	Akwa Group
13	Mohammed Dewji	$1.6 billion	45	Tanzania	MeTL Group
14	Youssef Mansour	$1.4 billion	75	Egypt	Mansour Group
15	Othman Benjelloun	$1.3 billion	88	Morocco	Bank of Africa
16	Michiel Le Roux	$1.2 billion	71	South Africa	Capitec Bank
16	Strive Masiyiwa	$1.2 billion	59	Zimbabwe	Econet Global
18	Yasseen Mansour	$1.1 billion	59	Egypt	Mansour Group

2019

The 2020 billionaires' list was released by Forbes on 14 January 2020. Also, the Forbes provides daily net worth updates which reflects change by 5 PM ET of prior trading day.^[6]

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Net worth (USD)	Source(s) of wealth
1	Aliko Dangote	63	Nigeria	$ 8.3 billion	Dangote Group
2	Nicky Oppenheimer & Family	74	South Africa	$ 7.4 billion	De Beers
3	Nassef Sawiris	59	Egypt	$ 7.3 billion	Orascom
4	Mike Adenuga	67	Nigeria	$ 6.2 billion	Globacom, Conoil
5	Johann Rupert & Family	69	South Africa	$ 5.4 billion	Richemont, Remgro
6	Issad Rebrab & Family	76	Algeria	$ 3.9 billion	Cevital
7	Mohamed Mansour	72	Egypt	$ 3.3 billion	Mansour Group
8	Abdulsamad Rabiu	59	Nigeria	$ 3.2 billion	BUA Group
9	Naguib Sawiris	65	Egypt	$ 3 billion	Orascom