Forbes Africa Richest List 2012

Amid grim news about the global economy, Africa continues to shine. Forbes’ second annual list of Africa’s 40 Richest reflects growth across much of the continent. The moguls’ combined net worth, now $72.9 billion, is up 12% over last year. Ten newcomers join the ranks, including, for the first time, two women.

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($ mil)	Age
1	Aliko Dangote	$12,000	55
2	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	$6,400	67
3	Johann Rupert & family	$5,700	62
4	Nassef Sawiris	$5,500	51
5	Mike Adenuga	$4,600	59
6	Christoffel Wiese	$3,700	71
7	Othman Benjelloun	$2,750	80
8	Patrice Motsepe	$2,650	50
9	Naguib Sawiris	$2,500	58
10	Mohamed Mansour	$2,200	64
11	Onsi Sawiris	$2,170	82
12	Miloud Chaabi	$2,100	83
13	Yasseen Mansour	$2,000	51
14	Youssef Mansour	$1,950	67
15	Desmond Sacco	$1,400	70
16	Anas Sefrioui	$1,350	55
17	Stephen Saad	$975	48
18	Sudhir Ruparelia	$900	56
19	Jim Ovia	$825	58
20	Shafik Gabr	$720	60
21	Abdulsamad Rabiu	$675	-
21	Cyril Ramaphosa	$675	60
23	Lauritz (Laurie) Dippenaar	$625	64
24	Folorunsho Alakija	$600	61
24	Theophilus Danjuma	$600	73
26	Oba Otudeko	$575	68
27	Raymond Ackerman	$550	81
27	Mohammed Indimi	$550	64
29	Samih Sawiris	$525	55
30	Said Salim Bakhresa	$520	63
31	Isabel dos Santos	$500	39
31	Moulay Hafid Elalamy	$500	52
31	O.B. Lulu-Briggs	$500	82
34	Alami Lazraq	$490	62
35	Gerrit Thomas (GT) Ferreira	$480	64
36	Koos Bekker	$450	59
37	Sani Bello	$425	69
38	Jannie Mouton	$415	65
39	Naushad Merali	$410	61
40	Hakeem Belo-Osagie	$400	57