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Nigeria’s Dangote Tops a Very Short List of African Billionaires (By Devon Pendleton and Tom Metcalf)
There are just six Africans on the ranking of the world’s 500 richest people
By Devon Pendleton and Tom Metcalf Aliko Dangote’s (https://bloom.bg/2ToRwGk) $17 billion net worth makes the Nigerian the richest person in Africa and the only member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (https://www.Bloomberg.com/billionaires/) from one of the 60 poorest countries. About half of Nigeria’s 190.9 million citizens subside on less than $1.90 a day, giving…