Dangote Remains Africa’s Richest Man, Adenuga Makes Top Three.
The list according to Forbes captures only eight countries who have billionaires; Egypt and South Africa are tied with five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with four and Morocco with two.
Mr Sawiris’ most valuable assets are in Orascom Construction Industries one of the world’s largest nitrogen fertilizer producers, with plants in Texas and Iowa. Adenuga built his fortune in banking, oil production and telecom with the mobile phone network, Globacom – Nigeria’s third-largest operator.
Oppenheimer, heir to his family’s fortune occupies a controlling spot in the world’s diamond trade and owns at least 720 square miles of conservation land across South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
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