Nigerian business mogul, Aliko Dangote, remains the richest man in Africa.
Dangote is also ranked the 65th richest man in the world.
Bloomberg, in its latest Top 500 Billionaires Index released on Thursday, revealed that Dangote with a wealth of $28 billion had his wealth increased significantly after the commencement of operations of his newly built Petrochemical refinery, said to be worth over $20 billion.
This new ranking is the highest the renowned entrepreneur has risen.
He was previously ranked 83rd in 2022.
No African is close to Dangote’s latest ranking as Johann Rupert, of South Africa is 174 on the world list, with a wealth of $13.6bn and Nicky Oppenheimer also of South Africa is number 224 on the world list with a wealth of $11.6bn
