*Dangote remains Africa's richest person in Forbes' billionaires list*

Aliko Dangote has retained his position as Africa's richest person for the ninth time in a row as seen in the 2020 Forbes Africa’s Billionaires list.

Dangote who made his money from oil, sugar, cement, flour etc retained the spot with a net worth of $10.1 billion.

In the second position is Egyptian billionaire, Nassef Sawiris with a net worth of $8 billion.

The third position sees Mike Adenuga tying with South Africa’s Nicky Oppenheimer with a net worth of $7.7 billion.

Folorunsho Alakija comes last on the list with a net worth of $1 billion.

See the full list below:

Aliko Dangote $10.1 billion

Nassef Sawiris $8 billion

Mike Adenuga $7.7 billion

Nicky Oppenheimer $7.7 billion

Johann Rupert $6.5 billion

Issad Rebrab $4.4 billion

Mohamed Mansour $3.3 billion

Abdulsamad Rabiu $3.1 billion

Naguib Sawiris $3 billion

Patrice Motsepe $2.6 billion

Koos Bekker – $2.5 billion

Yasseen Mansour – $2.3 billion

Isabel dos Santos – $2.2 billion

Youssef Mansour – $1.9 billion

Aziz Akhannouch – $1.7 billion

Mohammed Dewji – $1.6 billion

Othman Benjelloun – $1.4 billion

Michiel Le Roux – $1.3 billion

Strive Masiyiwa – $1.1 billion

Folorunsho Alakija – $1 billion