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2016 [13]; World ranking Name Citizenship Net worth Sources of wealth 51: Aliko Dangote Nigeria 9.5 billion: Oil, sugar cement 103: Mike Adenuga Nigeria 5.2 billion: Telecommunication, petroleum
Per Forbes (April 2024) [1]; Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144
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]
In March 2020, he donated 200 million naira to fight against the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. [31] Dangote is a fan of English football team Arsenal F.C. and showed interest in buying the club in 2019. [32] In 2020, he made a donation to Nigeria's ministry of sports inorder to help renovate the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. [33]
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Chief Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr CSG GCON [3] (born 29 April 1953) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, and the fifth richest person in Africa according to Forbes. [4] His company Globacom is Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator [ 5 ] and also has a presence in Ghana and Benin .