Nigeria's Dangote Tops a Very Short List of African Billionaires

Aliko DangotePhotographer: JWei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
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Aliko Dangote’s $17 billion net worth makes the Nigerian the richest person in Africa and the only member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index from one of the 60 poorest countries.