{"id":70565,"date":"2014-10-08T23:45:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=70565"},"modified":"2014-10-08T22:35:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T20:35:26","slug":"africas-richest-people-and-presidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/70565\/africas-richest-people-and-presidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s richest people and presidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote remains the richest man on the African continent, according to Forbes – although Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos may give the cement magnate a run for his money.<\/p>\n

According to its “real time” billionaire tracking, Forbes ranks Dangote’s $23.7 billion wealth top on the continent – with South African business leader, Johann Rupert maintaining second spot.<\/p>\n

Rupert’s position has diminished slightly since March 2014, having seen his wealth shrink to $6.7 billion from $7.6 billion at the start of the year.<\/p>\n

Top 10 richest Africans (October 2014)<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nCountry<\/strong><\/td>\nNet Worth
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAliko Dangote<\/td>\nNigeria<\/td>\n$23.7 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJohann Rupert & family<\/td>\nSA<\/td>\n$6.7 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nNicky Oppenheimer & family<\/td>\nSA<\/td>\n$6.6 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNassef Sawiris<\/td>\nEgypt<\/td>\n$5.5 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nMike Adenuga<\/td>\nNigeria<\/td>\n$4.8 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nNathan Kirsh<\/td>\nSwaziland<\/td>\n$3.7 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nChristoffel Wiese<\/td>\nSA<\/td>\n$3.5 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nIsabel do Santos<\/td>\nAngola<\/td>\n$3.4 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMohamed Mansour<\/td>\nEgypt<\/td>\n$3.2 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nNaguib Sawiris<\/td>\nEgypt<\/td>\n$3.0 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Notably, Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos ranks 8th with a net worth of $3.4 billion.<\/p>\n

Dos Santos is the daughter of Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who was ranked as Africa’s richest leader in a report from online portal, Richest Lifestyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dos Santos is listed by the portal as the richest president on the continent with an estimated net worth exceeding $20 billion.<\/p>\n

While Isabel dos Santos’ representatives have reportedly denied any links to the president, Forbes said its own research showed that the president transferred stakes in several companies to his daughter, accounting for her mass wealth.<\/p>\n

Isabel Dos Santos is a big player in the Angolan banking, telecommunications, oil and retail sector.<\/p>\n

Africa’s other wealthy leaders, according to Richest Lifestyle, include King Mohammed VI of Morocco, with an approximate net worth of $2.5 billion, Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Mbasogo, with an approximate worth of $600 million and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, valued at $500 million.<\/p>\n

The group claims that, as the exact figures and sources of wealth are not known, the presidents and leaders cannot be included on Forbes’ official listing, though Forbes is cited as the source of the estimated wealth.<\/p>\n

Forbes estimated Kenyatta’s wealth at $500 million in its 2012 Richest Africans ranking, while the most recent reference to King Mohammed VI’s net worth<\/a> pegs it at $2 billion.<\/p>\n

While South African president Jacob Zuma does not feature – Forbes has ranked the country’s vice president, Cyril Ramaphosa, as being worth $700 million.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nLeader<\/strong><\/td>\nEst. Net Worth
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Country<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJose Eduardo dos Santos<\/td>\n$20 billion<\/td>\nAngola<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nKing Mohammed VI<\/td>\n$2.5 billion<\/td>\nMorocco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTeodoro Obiang Mbasogo<\/td>\n$600 million<\/td>\nEquatorial Guinea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nUhuru Kenyatta<\/td>\n$500 million<\/td>\nKenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nPaul Biya<\/td>\n$200 million<\/td>\nCameroon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nKing Mswati III<\/td>\n$100 million<\/td>\nSwaziland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nGoodluck Jonathan<\/td>\n$100 million<\/td>\nNigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nIdriss Deby<\/td>\n$50 million<\/td>\nChad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nRobert Mugabe<\/td>\n$50 million<\/td>\nZimbabwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

More on the richest<\/h3>\n

The world\u2019s richest countries<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

How much the world\u2019s richest people are worth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s richest people in 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The world\u2019s richest people in 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote remains the richest man on the African continent, according to Forbes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":66890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1174,1896,26,4082],"class_list":["post-70565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-africa","tag-forbes","tag-headline","tag-richest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70585,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70565\/revisions\/70585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}