Africa's top 10 billionaires, starting with #10 & ending on Africa's wealthiest billionaire.
#10 Koos Bekker
$2.3B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 69
Residence: Cape Town, South Africa
Citizenship: South Africa
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
Self Made source of Wealth: media, investments.
#9 Patrice Motsepe
$7M (0.25%) Real Time Net Worth
Age: 60
Residence: Johannesburg, South Africa
Citizenship: South Africa
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
Self Made source of Wealth: mining
#8 Naguib Sawiris
$3.4B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 68
Source of Wealth: telecom
Residence: Cairo, Egypt
Citizenship: Egypt
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
Source of wealth: Naguib Sawiris is a descendant of Egypt's wealthiest family.
#7 Issad Rebrab
$5.1B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 78
Residence: Algiers, Algeria
Citizenship: Algeria
Marital Status: Married
Children: 5
Self Made source of Wealth: food
Career: Founder and CEO of Cevital
#6 Mike Adenuga
$5.9B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 69
Residence: Lagos, Nigeria
Citizenship: Nigeria
Marital Status: Married
Children: 7
Self Made source of Wealth: telecom, oil
#5 Abdulsamad Rabiu
$5.5B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 62
Residence: Lagos, Nigeria
Citizenship: Nigeria
Marital Status: Married
Source of Wealth: cement, sugar
#4 Nassef Sawiris
$6.8B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 61
Residence: Cairo, Egypt
Citizenship: Egypt
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
Source of Wealth: construction, investments
#3 Nicky Oppenheimer
$8.4B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 77
Residence: Johannesburg, South Africa
Citizenship: South Africa
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1
Source of Wealth: Heir to the DeBeers diamond fortune
#2 Johann Rupert
$8.1B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 72
Residence: Cape Town, South Africa
Citizenship: South Africa
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
Source of Wealth: Luxury goods, such as Cartier and Montblanc.
#1 Aliko Dangote
$12.3B Real Time Net Worth
Age: 65
Residence: Lagos, Nigeria
Citizenship: Nigeria
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 3
Self Made source of Wealth: cement, sugar.