Posted on 01/12/2019 9:39:19 AM PST by Innovative
Buffeted by plunging stock prices and weaker currencies, the number of African billionaires has shrunk to just 20, down from 23 a year ago. Four people fell off Forbes’ annual list of the continent’s richest since last year while one returned to the ranks after a four-year absence. All but four members of the list have smaller fortunes than a year ago.
For the eighth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is Africa’s richest person. His estimated $10.3 billion net worth, however, is nearly $2 billion less than a year ago, primarily due to a roughly 20% drop in the stock price of Dangote Cement, his
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We need to start a donation campaign.
And this passes for News these days??
“...Poorer Billionaires...”
Is this an oxymoron, or what?
All they need to do is kill off some white farmers and small business owners, sell their assets and all will be good again.
The Nigerian billionaires have been giving all their money to ME.
This was actually in Forbes.
Check the link.
They need to stop giving all their billions to random strangers on the internet.
And why does that make it significant?
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