It must be nice to be Ethiopian Self Made Billionaire, #Mohammed Al Amoudi, Africa’s Richest man. His wealth grew by a billion despite the economic downturn. It is that time of year again and Forbes has put together a list of the World’s richest. On it are 11 Africans 4 from one family in Egypt, 4 from South Africa, 1 from Sudan, 1 from Nigeria, and 1 from Ethiopia.
There was 1 new addition to the list this year, #Samih Sawiris, son of Egyptian billionaire, #Onsi Sawiris whose other 2 sons are on the list as well. Nigeria did lose a billionaire this year, Femi Otedola who had a bitter disagreement with fellow billionaire #Aliko Dangote last year. Despite some major challenges, Dangote still made it on the list as the 9th richest man in Africa.
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 1)
- Name: Mohammed Al Amoudi
- Net Worth: 10 Billion
- Origin: Ethiopia
- Age: 65
- Fortune: Self Made
- Source: Oil
- Education: N/A
Forbes World Ranking 64
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 2)
- Name: #Nassef Sawiris
- Net Worth: 5.9 Billion
- Origin: Egypt
- Age: 48
- Fortune: Inherited and Growing
- Source: Construction
- Education: Bachelor of Science
Forbes World Ranking 127
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 3)
- Name: #Nicky Oppenheimer & Family
- Net Worth: 5 Billion
- Origin: South Africa
- Age: 65
- Fortune: Inherited
- Source: Metals and Mining
- Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science and Master of Arts
Forbes World Ranking 154
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 4)
- Name: #Patrick Shoo-Shiong
- Net Worth: 5 Billion
- Origin: South Africa
- Age: 58
- Fortune: Self Made
- Source: Generic Drugs
- Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science; Medical Doctor
Forbes World Ranking 154
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 5)
- Name: Onsi Sawiris
- Net Worth: 3.1 Billion
- Origin: Egypt
- Age: 80
- Fortune: Self Made
- Source: Construction
- Education: N/A
Forbes World Ranking 307
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 6)
- Name: #Naguib Sawiris
- Net Worth: 2.5 Billion
- Origin: Egypt
- Age: 55
- Fortune: Inherited
- Source: Telecom
- Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science; Master of Science
Forbes World Ranking 374
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 7)
- Name: #Johann Rupert & Family
- Net Worth: 2.3 Billion
- Origin: South Africa
- Age: 59
- Fortune: Inherited
- Source: Luxury Goods
- Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science
Forbes World Ranking 421
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 8)
- Name: #Patrice Motsepe
- Net Worth: 2.3 Billion
- Origin: South Africa
- Age: 48
- Fortune: Self Made
- Source: Mining
- Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science; Doctor of Jurisprudence
Forbes World Ranking 421
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 9)
- Name: Aliko Dangote
- Net Worth: 2.1 Billion
- Origin: Nigeria
- Age: 52
- Fortune: Inherited
- Source: Sugar, Flour, Cement
- Education: N/A
Forbes World Ranking 463
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 10)
- Name: Mohammed Ibrahim
- Net Worth: 2.1 Billion
- Origin: Sudan
- Age: 64
- Fortune: Self Made
- Source: Communications
- Education: Bachelor of Science/Electrical Engineering; Masters/Electrical Engineering
Forbes World Ranking 463
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 11)
- Name: Samih Sawiris
- Net Worth: 1.5 Billion
- Origin: Egypt
- Age: 53
- Fortune: Inherited
- Source: Hotels
- Education: Bachelor of Science/Electrical Engineering; Masters/Electrical Engineering
228 Comments
I AM COMING , COUNT ME IN
wow that is great no cameroonian
Is Mohammed Al Amoudi really an Etiopian?I
That’s nice.I am coming,count me in.
it is foolish to be a bilionair while other like you sleep sleep without. you keep on counting bilions for what because the treasure will be left here when you die
Am very happy for the wealthy people like you all above.I pray to God Almighty to keep me alive and me so as to actualize my fulture plans and objectives. I trust my self and i belive that one day my name will enter as one the African richest man in the world.To god be the Glory.
i am one of them in africa, don’t you know me, Iyke the richest man in Nigeria’ igbo land’ bone and brought up in London
It’s nice for the world to see Africans on this Billionaires list. Now, if we can all help one another instead of tearing each other apart, peace.
Bravo and Congratulations to the Bilionaires!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice to see, now spread the wealth 😉
The blessings of God bring riches!
very soon i will be the world richest *muscian* & world record holder watch out
ok pls teach me how 2 make that *$dollars*
i thank God that abacha and babangida and obasanjo name is not there,all the money which they stole from nigerian oil where is it?
hahaha is really nice to know all this billionaires. these are great people whose names need to be remembered . every one should try to work as hard as this people so that we can add up the names from africa.
note should also be taken that cameroon alone has 31 billionaires and all are civil servants.
we o not know yet know they make this money.
i for one in the year 2020 my names will be here . watch out.
ziemmann omono
proud to be an ethiopian and u guys asking 4 the money 2 be spread work hard cos we have been so poor 4 years asking aid from people
Am glad to witness Africans going placesand this continues to motivate me to work hard and achieve my dream…God bless Africa.
we thank you for giving the light to the world that this Continent is not as poor as they consider us to be and you are motivation to us the upcoming leaders of this continent and to God the giver of wealth we thank you….From Uganda
Keep it up nigerias one day we will get to the top!!!
7 muslims out of the 11
keep making us proud Dangote!!!
with all their money… wounder why there are no pipes pumping in clean water to other parts of the country
Wat use is it to be stinking rich if those smelling it don’t even have one meal a day. Why cant they give for the sake of giving not to escape huge taxes. To mahomed: wat of ur fellow country men dying in hunger.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free, If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
There is a big difference between the first African and the second in africa billionaire. THE MUSLIM GUY FROM ETHIOPIA HAS 10 Billion and
THE SECOND GUY FROM UN KNOWN COUNTRY HAS ALMOST HALF 5.6
THE LAST GUY WHICH IS ME HAVE $ 340 in my checking and $ 45 in my saving.
AND I WAS THINKING I WAS LIVING A GOOD LIFE. I SUCK, I AM NO GOOD. I AM JUST A LIVE IN THIS WORLD SO THIS BILLIONAIRES DOES’T FEEL LONELY.
Billionaires are greediest human on earth..never dream of becoming one unless u are a greedy and unsatisfied human money is d root of all evils and all these billionaires are like small gods in their respective entities.. Love of god is service to humanity,oneness and equality.. None of these billionaires had won d respect Nelson madiba mandela has 2day without riches mandela is acknowledged and honoured by d U.N.. Viva madiba.
Honour people for their service to humanity and not for their wealth.. Human ought 2 give helping hands to others rather than suppressing them and emerging as superior human bcos of their wealth.. How many billionaires have two heads or four legs or even two private parts? None.. Being a billionaire is unhealthy,share ur wealth if u have too much and save souls.. Dont be a rich bastard..
Thank God 4 de rich men he game africans.add my name in my own turn.
i am a boy proud of my self and i thank the almighty god for creating me bcos i have come to this world to help people and bcos of that i will be the number 1 billionaire if god want.praise god u billionaire bcos u are in your time.good luck sea money
am coming watch out i am the head
its amazing!have you stopped to look at the money sources for these bilionairs?minus the obvious oil dude,the rest are rather daily items…the day i structure my dcipline and goals id mke a fortune from anything!count me on da money,go ahead count zambia on da ligit list.
I respect all the self made billonaires.All da best hope 1 day we will c an additional billionare from africa 2 add to the Saud Arabian bilionaire on the world to ten.Aubrey 4rm:SOuth Africa,um out!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ghanaian mens do wild and search for money..In next 20years i would join the Africa most riches men.
Iam yet to be on the list.have hope
Its Good to be counted as the numero uno world richest man by forbes, its good to be, a self made no 1 world richest man. Am just feeling the radience all over me.
Capture me rolling, soon be on the cover page of African Vibes
its nice to know but who knows what is one is upto when it will be time to say that i am one
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I wish to know how the classifcation of billionaires is done for there is no cameroonian for which to the best of my knowlegde (without calling names)there are billionaires in cameroon than those i have seen here.However, i am still to become one
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wow its asuprise d 3 former Nigerian head of state are not in d list with all dis money they have stolen from our oil
Wow! Construction in Egypt is dominated source of wealth… Thanks to MOTSEPE for standing for black South Africans…. and Mohamed, isnt EThopia a poor country?
wow! Mohamed… isnt Ethopia a poor country?… but how can you be in top? THanks to Motsepe for being only Black South African…. AND construction is guided as source of wealth in Egypt…. WOW
am coming am going to make money bec god has said it
Withe little time my name will surely be included insha-Allah.To the rich men spend wisely
I need a mentor
I WISH I COULD BECOME THE RICHESIN 2020
i am not bluffing, this list is for men like me, check next time forbes updates, i will be there, look at the name.
I thank God for Aliko Dangote wealth. He has used his fortune to better the life of thousands of Nigerians and Africans as well. I wish u more properous business.
Hang on a little bit. I will meet you there.
i am the next
Its a pity that Africa Richest Man( Mohammed Al Amoudi) is from one of the Poorest Africa countries, of what use is the wealth of the Richest man, when his brother is dieing of hunger,sickness and proverty…if your wealth cannot impact the lifes of your fellow brothers and sisters you are as well as poor as they are…you are a FAILURE!!!!!
CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL THE BILLIONAIRS,GOD BLESSED U WITH WEALTH SO THAT U CAN B ABLE TO SHARE N BLESS THOSE IN NEED HAVING BILLIONS IN UR BANKS DOESNT HELP OUR SOCIETY SPENDING HALF OF IT ON BUILDNG SCHOOLS,BURSARIES AND CREATING EVEN MORE JOBS WONT HURT U A BIT.FIND IT IN UR HEARTS TO HELP AS MUCH AS BEING LEFT WITH A CENT.IF I WERE A BILLIONAIR N WILL B IN NEAR FUTURE NO 1 WILL GO HUNGRY N NO CHILD OR MOTHER SHALL SUFFER WE ALL BROTHERS N SISTERS IF WE CNT HELP EACH OTHER EXPECIALLY IN AFRICA LETS NOT EXPECT OPRAH N ALL RICH AMERICANS TO FEEL PITY FOR US ITS USELESS TO B RICH AND NOT SHARE UR RICHES BY CHANGING SUM1S LIFE.PEACE N LOVE TO ALL.