African Billionaires of 2015

Forbes has put out its list of billionaires of 2015 and we have fished out the billionaires from Africa. Our list consists of 31 men and 2 women from 10 African counties. The number of African Billionaires has grown from 2014’s 30 to 33 for 2015.  Two billionaires from Uganda and Morocco dropped off the list from last year and some newcomers were added to the list.

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African Countries represented on the Billionaire list

This year, South Africa continues to lead the pack with 9 Billionaires. Closely trailing is Egypt with 8 Billionaires. Nigeria has 5 billionaires and Morocco 3. The other countries are Angola, Algeria, Ethiopia, Sunda, Swaziland, and Uganda.

African Billionaire Age groups

There are 3 billionaires in their forties, 10 in their fifties, 10 in their sixties, 5 in their seventies, and 5 in their eighties. Africa’s youngest Billionaire is Mohammed Dewji from Tanzania at Age 40.

Picture	Africa Rank	Forbes Rank	Name	Net Worth	Age	Wealth Source	Hometown / Residence
	1	#67	Aliko Dangote	$14.7 B	58	cement, sugar, flour	Nigeria
	2	#96	Patrick Soon-Shiong	$12.2 B	64	pharmaceuticals	South Africa / United States
	3	#100	Elon Musk	$12 B	44	Tesla Motors	South Africa / United States
	4	#116	Mohammed Al Amoudi	$10.8 B	69	oil, diversified	Ethiopia / Saudi Arabia
	5	#179	Johann Rupert	$7.4 B	65	luxury goods	South Africa
	6	#201	Nicky Oppenheimer	$6.7 B	70	diamonds	South Africa
	7	#225	Nassef Sawiris	$6.3 B	55	construction	Egypt
	7	#225	Christoffel Wiese	$6.3 B	74	retailing	South Africa
	8	#393	Mike Adenuga	$4.2 B	62	telcom, oil	Nigeria
	9	#418	Mohamed Mansour	$4 B	68	diversified	Egypt
	10	#435	Nathan Kirsh	$3.9 B	84	retail, real estate	Swaziland
	11	#534	Isabel dos Santos	$3.3 B	42	investments	Angola
	12	#577	Issad Rebrab	$3.1 B	72	food	Algeria
	13	#577	Naguib Sawiris	$3.1 B	61	telecom	Egypt
	14	#628	Youssef Mansour	$2.9 B	70	diversified	Egypt
	15	#810	Yasseen Mansour	$2.3 B	54	diversified	Egypt
	15	#810	Othman Benjelloun	$2.3 B	83	banking, insurance	Morocco
	15	#810	Koos Bekker	$2.3 B	63	media, investments	South Africa
	16	#847	Patrice Motsepe	$2.2 B	54	mining	South Africa
	17	#894	Stephen Saad	$2.1 B	51	pharmaceuticals	South Africa
	18	#949	Mohamed Al Fayed	$2 B	87	retail, investments	Egypt
	18	#949	Folorunsho Alakija	$2 B	65	oil	Nigeria
	19	#1054	Onsi Sawiris	$1.8 B	86	construction, telecom	Egypt
	20	#1118	Aziz Akhannouch	$1.7 B	55	petroleum, diversified	Morocco
	21	#1226	Allan Gray	$1.55 B	78	investing	South Africa
	22	#1415	Miloud Chaabi	$1.3 B	87	diversified	Morocco
	23	#1500	Mohammed Dewji	$1.25 B	40	diversified	Tanzania
	24	#1638	Mohammed Ibrahim	$1.1 B	69	communications	Sudan / United Kingdom
	24	#1638	Sudhir Ruparelia	$1.1 B	60	real estate	Uganda
	25	#1712	Samih Sawiris	$1.05 B	59	real estate, hotels	Egypt
	26	#1741	Femi Otedola	$1 B	53	gas stations	Nigeria
	26	#1741	Abdulsamad Rabiu	$1 B	55	cement, sugar, flour	Nigeria
	26	#1741	Rostam Azizi	$1 B	51	telecom, investments	Tanzania