14. Mohamed Al Fayed is worth $1.2 billion from Egypt.
13. Samih Sawiris is worth $1.4 billion from Egypt.
12. Christoffel Wiese is worth $1.6 billion from South Africa, made his money as CEO of Shoprite. He also owns a stake in Pepkor.
11. Youssef Mansour is worth $1.8 billion from Egypt.
10. Yasseen Mansour is worth $1.8 billion from Egypt.
9. Mohamed Mansour is worth $2 billion from Egypt.
8. Mike Adenuga is worth $2 billion from Nigeria.
7. Onsi Sawiris is worth $2.9 billion from Egypt.
6. Patrice Motsepe is worth $3.3 billion from South Africa. His money is the result of the purchasing of low-producing gold mine shafts in 1994, which he made profitable. Since then, he has built African Rainbow Minerals, benefiting as a result of South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) laws. He also owns a stake in Sanlam.
5. Naguib Sawiris is worth $3.5 billion from Egypt.
4. Johann Rupert is worth $4.8 billion from South Africa. Made his money from Richemont, the Swiss luxury group that owns Cartier, Dunhill, Chloe bags and MontBlanc pens. The company recently purchased online fashion portal Net-a-Porter. Remgro, his South African holding company purchased VenFin earlier in 2010. He also owns Rupert & Rothschild and L'Ormarins wine estates, and one of South Africa's most exclusive golf clubs
3. Nassef Sawiris is worth $5.6 billion from Egypt.
2. Nicky Oppenheimer is worth $7 billion. He is the richest person in South Africa and is the 136th richest person in the world. He is the chairman of De Beers diamonds, of course, and also has a significant interest in Anglo American plc, the gold mining company. He also owns Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, the largest private game reserve in South Africa.
1. Aliko Dangote is worth $13.8 billion. Making money from interests in sugar, flour milling, salt processing, textiles, real estate, oil, gas and cement. He is the richest person in Nigeria and is the 51st richest person in the world.
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