List of Africans by net worth
The Richest Africans is an annual ranking oof the richest African people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes. The list has been published since 2015. Dangote Group founder Aliko Dangote has topped the 2018 list. In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list. Despite his absence from this particular Forbes list, the richest African in the world is Elon Musk with a net worth of $46.3B as of 7/1/20
Annual rankings
2020
The 2020 billionaires' list was released by Forbes on 14th January, 2020. Also, the Forbes provides daily net worth updates which reflects change by 5 PM ET of prior trading day.| No. | Name | Age | Nationality | Net Worth | Source of Wealth |
| 1 | Elon Musk | 49 | $ 44.9 billion | Automotive, Space Industry, Financial Services, Self Made | |
| 2 | Aliko Dangote | 63 | $ 21.1billion | Cement, Sugar, Self Made | |
| 3 | Nassef Sawiris | 59 | $ 8 billion | Construction, Chemicals | |
| 4 | Mike Adenuga | 67 | $ 7.7 billion | Telecom, Oil, Self Made | |
| 5 | Nicky Oppenheimer & Family | 74 | $ 7.7 billion | Diamonds | |
| 6 | Johann Rupert & Family | 69 | $ 6.5 billion | Luxury Goods | |
| 7 | Issad Rebrab & Family | 76 | $ 4.4 billion | Food, Self Made | |
| 8 | Mohamed Mansour | 72 | $ 3.3 billion | Diversified, Self Made | |
| 9 | Abdulsamad Rabiu | 59 | $ 3.1 billion | Cement, Sugar | |
| 10 | Naguib Sawiris | 65 | $ 3 billion | Telecom |
2017
| No. | Name | Net worth | Age | Nationality | Source of wealth |
| 1 | Aliko Dangote | $12 billion | 61 | Sugar, Cement, Flour | |
| 2 | Nicky Oppenheimer | $18.8 billion | 73 | Diamonds | |
| 3 | Nassef Sawiris | $7.2 billion | 59 | Construction, Chemicals | |
| 4 | $6.8 billion | 68 | Luxury Goods | ||
| 5 | $5.3 billion | 65 | Globacom | ||
| 6 | $4 billion | 74 | CEVITAL Group | ||
| 7 | $4 billion | 64 | Orascom | ||
| 8 | Koos Bekker | $2.8 billion | 65 | Naspers | |
| 9 | $2.7 billion | 45 | Investments | ||
| 9 | $2.7 billion | 55 | Mining |