Browsing: Johan Rupert

• On average, the continent’s billionaires are worth $4.7 billion now compared to the $3.4 billion in 2014
• Aliko’s wealth has been increasing exponentially, from $10.1 billion in 2020, $12.1 billion in 2021, and 13.9 billion in 2022
• Nigerian Abdulsamad’s worth has risen from $3.1 billion in2020 to $7 billion in 2022, arguably the best performer on the list.

The African economy is not doing so well. But that does not mean so are all the people on the continent!

Aliko Dangote, a business magnate in Nigeria, has topped the 2022 Forbes list of the richest men in Africa for the eleventh consecutive time.

Despite the Coronavirus pandemic, the continent’s 18 billionaires’ combined worth is 15 per cent more than it was in 2021, standing at roughly $84.9 billion.

On average, the continent’s billionaires are worth $4.7 billion now compared to the $3.4 billion in 2014.

Soaring stock prices across sub-Saharan …