Africa has 23 billionaires this year 2016, with aggregate net worth exceeding $80billion.Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, 58, is first on the list of Africa's richest. Dangote's net worth is estimated at $15.4billion. Sixty-two-year-old Mike Adenuga, another Nigerian comes second with a net worth of $10billion dollars. They are on the Forbes 2016 Ranking of the World's Billionaires, published March 1, 2016.
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No. 1
Name:  Aliko Dangote, Age: 58
Net worth:Â $15.4billion
Industries:Â Cement, Sugar, Flour
Country:Â Nigeria
No. 2
Name:  Mike Adenuga, Age: 62
Net worth:Â $15.4billion
Industries:Â Telecom, Oil
Country:Â Nigeria
No. 3
Name: Nicky Oppenheimer, Age: 70
Net worth:Â $6.6billion
Industries:Â Diamonds
Country:Â South Africa
No. 4
Name: Christoffel Wiese, Age: 74
Net worth:Â $5.8billion
Industries:Â Retailing
Country:Â South Africa
No. 5
Name: Johann Rupert, Age: 65
Net worth:Â $5.3billion
Industries:Â Luxury goods
Country:Â South Africa
The rest are:
6. Nassef Sawiris,
7. Nathan Kirsh
8. Issad Rebrab
9. Isabel dos Santos
10. Naguib Sawiris
11. Mohamed Mansour
12. Mohamed Al Fayed
13. Othman Benjelloun
14. Femi Otedola
15. Youssef Mansour
16. Folorunsho Alakija
17. Allan Gray
18. Yasseen Mansour
19. Yasseen Mansour
20. Koos Bekker
21. Aziz Akhannouch
22. Abdulsamad Rabiu
23. Patrice Motsepe
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