I T’S A CRAZY situation right now,” Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, tells The Economist in an interview on March 12th in his office in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial ...

Tech mogul Elon Musk once again tops Forbes' list of richest people in the world, doubling his wealth from the year before.

Africa’s billionaire club is getting richer by the year. With stock markets rising and currencies stabilising across the continent, the fortunes of the region’s top business leaders have surged.

Africa, a continent of vast resources and untapped potential, has witnessed a surge in economic growth and prosperity over the years. As economies flourish, a select few individuals have emerged as ...

Retaining his position as Africa’s wealthiest citizen is Aliko Dangote. The Nigerian industrialist saw his estimated fortune swell by $4.6 billion to reach ...

Billionaire wealth in Africa continues to surge, fueled by rising equity markets, corporate profits, and more stable regional currencies. In ...

Nigeria’s Femi Otedola has been tagged as Africa’s “poorest” billionaire after a decline in his fortune, per Forbes’ 2026 ranking of Africa’s richest people. The list shows that Africa’s richest ...

I have always found billionaire rankings faintly theatrical. They arrive every year with the ceremonious inevitability of a society wedding--glossy, breathless, and full of numbers that make ordinary ...

While Elon Musk remains at the top, billion-dollar fortunes are being built in countries as far as Afghanistan and Algeria to ...