African Billionaires of 2014

African billionaires of 2014 – Aliko Dangote on No.1 – Image Credit World Economic Forum

Forbes has put out its list of billionaires of 2014 and it has some interesting revelations. The African Billionaires of 2014 consist of 28 men and 2 women from 9 African counties. One of the two women is Africa’s youngest Billionaire at age 41. South Africa leads the pack with 10 Billionaires, followed by Egypt with 8 Billionaires. Nigeria and Morrocco both have 4 Billionaires each. The other countries represented are Angola, Algeria, Swaziland, Ethiopia, and Uganda.

We also learn that just 2 billionaires are in their forties. 10 are in their fifties, 10 in their sixties, 3 in their seventies, and 5 in their eighties.

Picture	Name	Africa Rank	Forbes Rank	Net Worth	Age	Wealth Source	Hometown / Residence
	Aliko Dangote	1	24	24.3B	57	Cement, Sugar, Flour	Nigeria
	Mohammed Al Amoudi	2	77	14B	68	Oil, Diversified	Ethiopia / United States
	Elon Musk	3	100	12B	44	Tesla Motors, Self Made	South Africa
	Patrick Soon-Shiong	4	102	12B	62	Pharmaceuticals	South Africa / United States
	Johann Rupert & family	5	189	7.1B	64	Luxury Goods	South Africa
	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	6	212	6.6B	69	Diamonds	South Africa
	Nassef Sawiris	7	239	6B	53	Construction	Egypt
	Mike Adenuga	8	309	4.9B	61	Telcom, Oil	Nigeria
	Nathan Kirsh	9	441	3.7B	82	Retail, Real estate	Swaziland
	Isabel dos Santos	10	449	3.6B	41	Investments	Angola
	Christoffel Wiese	11	455	3.6B	73	Retailing	South Africa
	Mohamed Mansour	12	532	3.2B	66	Diversified	Egypt
	Naguib Sawiris	13	587	3B	60	Telecom	Egypt
	Issad Rebrab	14	623	2.8B	70	Food	Algeria
	Othman Benjelloun	15	677	2.6B	81	Banking, Insurance	Morocco
	Folorunsho Alakija	16	697	2.6B	63	Oil	Nigeria
	Youssef Mansour	17	762	2.4b	69	Diversified	Egypt
	Patrice Motsepe	18	803	2.3B	52	Mining	South Africa
	Mohamed Al Fayed	19	959	2.4B	85	Retail, Investments	Egypt
	Yasseen Mansour	20	1002	1.8B	53	Diversified	Egypt
	Miloud Chaabi	21	1026	1.8B	85	Diversified	Morocco
	Stephen Saad	22	1078	1.7B	50	Pharmaceuticals	South Africa
	Onsi Sawiris	23	1089	1.7B	87	Construction, Telecom	Egypt
	Aziz Akhannouch & family	24	1181	1.5B	53	Petroleum, Diversified	Morocco
	Allan Gray	25	1263	1.4B	76	Investing	South Africa
	Abdulsamad Rabiu	26	1300	1.4B	54	Sugar, Flour, Cement	Nigeria
	Koos Bekker	27	1312	1.4B	61	Media, Investments	South Africa
	Anas Sefrioui	28	1517	1.1B	57	Real Estate	Morocco
	Sudhir Ruparelia	29	1522	1.1B	58	Real Estate	Uganda
	Samih Sawiris	30	1539	1B	57	Real Estate, Hotels	Egypt