President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, stays the richest guy in Africa, no matter the volatility of Nigerian foreign money towards the dollar, in step with Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI).
Bloomberg, in its every day pinnacle billionaire lists launched on Tuesday, found out that Dangote with a wealth of $15.6 billion crowned different Africans withinside the Index.
Other Africans indexed withinside the state-of-the-art pinnacle 500 international billionaires for the 12 months 2023 encompass Johann Rupert and own circle of relatives of South Africa, now worth $13.three billion, at the same time as Nicky Oppenheimer of South Africa, Nassef Sawiris of Egypt, Natie Kirsh of South Africa, and Naguib Sawiris also are worth $9.zero billion, $7.forty seven billion, $7.37billion and $5.ninety three billion respectively. These are the handiest 5 different Africans that made the list.
Ellon Musk and Bernard Arnault are the pinnacle richest withinside the global with $219 billion and $194 billion, respectively, of their kitties, whilst Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates observed respectively with $151 billion and $one hundred thirty billion. Larry Ellison became the 5th richest with $a hundred thirty billion at the global’s billionaires’ chart.