Get To Know Africa's Top 50 Richest People #Power Thursday

In anticipation of this year's ranking, let's breeze through the official Forbes list of  Africa's 50 richest from the year 2015. Nigeria's manufacturing magnate Aliko Dangote of Dangote Group tops the list with $16.7B, diamond magnate Nicky Oppenheimer of Debeers, South Africa is in the number 2 spot with $6.6B while South African retailer, Christoffel Wiese is the third with $6.5B.

Other Nigerians on the list includes; Mike Adenuga of Globacom, Folorunsho Alakija, Femi Otedola, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Theophilus Danjuma, Tony Elumelu, Jim Ovia, Mohammed Indimi and Orji Uzo Kalu.

See the full list after the cut...

                                       
              #1         Aliko Dangote           $16.7B             58years       cement, sugar, flour

             #2          Nicky Oppenheimer      $6.6             70years          diamonds


            #3           Christoffel Wiese          $6.5             74years         retailing


See the full list and their photos here

	Rank	Name	Net Worth	Age	Origin of Wealth
	#1	Aliko Dangote	$16.7 B	58	cement, sugar, flour
	#2	Nicky Oppenheimer	$6.6 B	70	diamonds
	#3	Christoffel Wiese	$6.5 B	74	retailing
	#4	Johann Rupert	$6.3 B	65	luxury goods
	#5	King Mohammed VI	$5.7 B	52	diversified
	#6	Nassef Sawiris	$4.9 B	54	construction, chemicals
	#7	Mike Adenuga	$3.5 B	62	telcom, oil
	#8	Isabel dos Santos	$3.4 B	42	investments
	#9	Issad Rebrab	$3.2 B	72	food
	#10	Naguib Sawiris	$3 B	61	telecom
	#11	Mohamed Mansour	$2.5 B	67	diversified
	#12	Othman Benjelloun	$2.05 B	83	banking, insurance
	#13	Folorunsho Alakija	$1.7 B	65	oil
	#13	Koos Bekker	$1.7 B	63	media, investments
	#13	Youssef Mansour	$1.7 B	70	diversified
	#16	Femi Otedola	$1.6 B	53	gas stations
	#17	Onsi Sawiris	$1.55 B	86	construction, telecom
	#18	Aziz Akhannouch	$1.4 B	55	petroleum, diversified
	#18	Yasseen Mansour	$1.4 B	54	diversified
	#20	Stephen Saad	$1.2 B	51	pharmaceuticals
	#21	Mohammed Dewji	$1.1 B	40	diversified
	#22	Patrice Motsepe	$1.05 B	53	mining
	#23	Abdulsamad Rabiu	$1 B	55	cement, sugar, flour
	#24	Jannie Mouton	$970 M	69	financial services
	#25	Rostam Azizi	$900 M	51	telecom, investments
	#26	Samih Sawiris	$850 M	59	real estate, hotels
	#27	Mohamed Bensalah	$800 M	45	financial services
	#27	Miloud Chaabi	$800 M	87	diversified
	#27	Sudhir Ruparelia	$800 M	60	real estate
	#30	Theophilus Danjuma	$750 M	77	oil
	#31	Tony Elumelu	$700 M	52	investments
	#31	Bhimji Depar Shah	$700 M	-	consumer goods
	#33	Anas Sefrioui	$650 M	58	real estate
	#34	Moulay Hafid Elalamy	$620 M	56	insurance
	#35	Lauritz (Laurie) Dippenaar	$610 M	67	banking, insurance
	#36	Said Salim Bakhresa	$600 M	67	manufacturing
	#37	Jim Ovia	$550 M	62	banking
	#38	Michiel Le Roux	$530 M	66	banking
	#39	Raymond Ackerman	$500 M	84	retailing
	#39	Mohammed Indimi	$500 M	67	oil
	#41	Adrian Gore	$480 M	51	financial services
	#42	Cyril Ramaphosa	$450 M	63	investments
	#42	Ali Wakrim	$450 M	-	gas
	#44	Gerrit Thomas (GT) Ferreira	$420 M	67	banking, insurance
	#45	Gus Attridge	$410 M	55	pharmaceuticals
	#46	Markus Jooste	$400 M	54	furniture retailing
	#46	Narendra Raval	$400 M	54	steel, cement
	#48	Naushad Merali	$370 M	65	diversified
	#49	Giovanni Ravazzotti	$330 M	73	ceramics, tile
	#49	Orji Uzor Kalu	$330 M	56	diversified

Source: Forbes.com