Dangote's Net Worth Increases By $700Million, Remains African Richest Man

Aliko Dangote still maintained his position as African richest man 2016. Africa's richest have a combined $74.5 billion, a drop of $19.5 billion from $94 billion in 2015. The wealthiest group are South Africans with a combined net worth of $20.1 billion. From the 54 African countries, only seven are represented in the list and only two women.

1 Aliko Dangote 16.4bn

2 Nicky Oppenheimer & family 6.5bn .

3 King Mohammed VI 5.8bn

4 Christoffel Wiese 5.7bn

5 Johann Rupert & family 5.4bn

6 Nassef Sawiris 4.2bn

7Isabel dos Santos 3.5bn

8 Issad Rebrab & family 3.1bn .

9 Naguib Sawiris 3bn

10 Mike Adenuga 2.9bn

11 Mohamed Mansour 2.5bn

12 Othman Benjelloun 2bn

13 Femi Otedola 1.8bn .

14Youssef Mansour 1.7bn

15 Folorunsho Alakija 1.6bn

16 Koos Bekker 1.5bn

17 Yasseen Mansour 1.4bn

18 Onsi Sawiris 1.3bn

19 Aziz Akhannouch & family 1.1bn .

20 Mohammed Dewji 1.1bn

21 Stephen Saad 1bn

22 Abdulsamad Rabiu 1bn