This is a list of top 20 billionaires in Africa and their net worth as of 2018 according to Forbes; an American business magazine which publishes the list yearly. Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote still maintains the top spot for the for the seventh year in a row. South African businessmen Nicky Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert take the second and third spots respectively. Below is a full list of the 20 billionaires and their net worth. ( South Africa dominates the list)
| Name | Country | Net worth | |
| 1 | Aliko Dangote | Nigeria | 12.2 |
| 2 | Nicky Oppenheimer | South Africa | 7.7 |
| 3 | Johann Rupert | South Africa | 7.2 |
| 4 | Nassef Sawiris | Egypt | 5.3 |
| 5 | Mike Adenuga | Nigeria | 4 |
| 6 | Issad Rebrab | Algeria | 4 |
| 7 | Naguib Sawiris | Egypt | 4 |
| 8 | Koos Bekker | South Africa | 2.8 |
| 9 | Isabel Santos | Angola | 2.7 |
| 10 | Mohamed Mansour | Egypt | 2.7 |
| 11 | Patrice Motsepe | South Africa | 2.4 |
| 12 | Aziz Akhannouch | Morocco | 2.2 |
| 13 | Yasseen Mansour | Egypt | 1.9 |
| 14 | Strive Masiyiwa | Zimbabwe | 1.7 |
| 15 | Folorunsho Alakija | Nigeria | 1.6 |
| 16 | Othman Benjelloun | Morocco | 1.6 |
| 17 | Mohammed Dewji | Tanzania | 1.5 |
| 18 | Youssef Mansour | Egypt | 1.4 |
| 19 | Michiel le Roux | South Africa | 1.2 |
| 20 | Stephen Saad | South Africa | 1.2 |
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