Thanks Husainou,

The Only sad part is that 3\4 of them are dictators and looters of public
resources.

Demba


On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Husainou <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Nigeria's Ventures magazine lists 55 billionaires
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> 7 October 2013 Last updated at 20:53
> **[image: Isabel dos Santos]**Isabel dos Santos is the only Angolan
> listed as a billionaire****
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> Africa has 55 billionaires, far more than previously thought,
> Nigeria-based Ventures financial magazine says.
>
> They include three women - the mother of Kenya's president, a daughter of
> Angola's president and a Nigerian oil tycoon and fashion designer.
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> The richest man is Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, with a fortune of $20.2bn
> (£12.5bn), Ventures said.
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> The list is likely to reignite debate about inequality between rich and
> poor people in Africa, correspondents say.
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> In April, the World Bank said the number of people living in extreme
> poverty in Africa had risen in the past three decades from 205 million to
> 414 million.
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> 'Conservative estimate'
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> A report earlier this month by research group Afrobarometer suggested that
> economic growth in Africa was primarily benefiting a small elite.
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> This is the first time the respectedVentures magazine has published a
> list of rich Africans<http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/10/richest-people-africa-2013/>,
> reports the BBC's Tomi Oladipo reports from Nigeria's main city Lagos.
>
> The 55 billionaires it has identified are more numerous than the 16 super
> rich Africans listed by US financial magazine Forbes last year<http://www.forbes.com/africa-billionaires/list/>
> .
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> It was able to identify dozens more billionaires by using "on-the-ground
> knowledge" to overcome hurdles that may have "hampered" other researchers,
> Ventures said.
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> The magazine estimated the 55 billionaires' combined fortunes at
> $143.88bn, an average of a $2.6bn per person.
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> Of the 55, 20 are Nigerian, nine are South African and eight are Egyptian,
> Ventures said.
>
> The richest woman is Nigeria's Folorunsho Alakija, who made her $7.3bn
> fortune mainly in the country's oil industry, it added.
>
> She also studied fashion in London and made dresses for Maryam Babangida,
> the late wife of Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Babangida, Ventures said.
>
> Isabel Dos Santos, an Angolan investor and the eldest daughter of Angolan
> President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, together with Ngina Kenyatta, the mother
> of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, also made the cut, it added.
>
> Ventures listed Harvard-trained businessman Allan Gray as South Africa's
> richest man, with a fortune of $8.5bn.
>
> "This media-shy South African moneyman controls two investment companies
> that collectively manage over $50bn in assets," Ventures said.
>
> Nathan Kirsh, a property tycoon in the tiny kingdom of Swaziland, also
> made it on the list.
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> He is worth $3.6bn, and has business interests in London and New York,
> Ventures said.
>
> Ventures editor-in-chief Uzo Iweala told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio
> programme that its estimate of 50 billionaires was probably conservative.
>
> "There is this culture of you don't necessarily want to show your wealth,
> considering the gap between rich and poor," he said.
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> "If you have a lot of money, there are a lot of people that you have to
> support so we think people may be a little reluctant to be all splashy
> about what they have and what their assets are."
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