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Nigeria Top List of Average Billionaire Net Worth By Country – Forbes

Nigeria is home to a pair of billionaires, cement king Aliko Dangote and oil and telecom magnate Mike Adenuga. The two are worth a combined $20.8 billion, or nearly $7.3 billion more than the GDP of neighboring Niger. In terms … read more »

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African Ruler Mansa Musa Is The World’s Richest Man Of All Time

When we think of the world’s all-time richest people, names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and John D Rockefeller immediately come to mind. But few would have thought, or even heard of, Mansa Musa I of Mali – the obscure … read more »

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Ethiopia’s Mohammed Al Amoudi lost his title as the World’s richest black person to Dangote

Ethiopia’s richest man, Billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi has been ranked 63rd richest person in the world with a net worth of $12.3 Billion, an increase from the previous year. But Al Amoudi has lost his title as the World’s richest … read more »

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Switzerland freezes Mubarak assets

Cairo – Switzerland has frozen whatever assets Hosni Mubarak and his associates may have there, and anti-corruption campaigners are demanding the same of other countries. But experts say hunting for the deposed Egyptian leader’s purported hidden wealth – let alone … read more »

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