List Of Africa Richest People
1. Aliko Dangote $20.2 billion
Industry: Manufacturing
Country Of Citizenship: Nigeria
Age: 56 Marital
Status: Married
Africa’s richest man started building his fortune three decades ago
after taking a business loan from his maternal uncle to begin trading in
commodities such as flour, sugar, rice and cement. In the early 2000s,
he started producing these items himself. His Dangote Group is now the
largest manufacturing conglomerate in West Africa and owns sugar
refineries, salt processing facilities, a beverage manufacturer and a
string of cement plants across Africa. In October 2012, Dangote sold a
controlling stake in his flour milling company to Tiger Brands, a South
African manufacturer of consumer goods.
