{"id":136497,"date":"2024-01-04T11:41:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T11:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/04\/south-african-billionaire-dethrones-dangote-as-richest-man-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T11:41:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T11:41:24","slug":"south-african-billionaire-dethrones-dangote-as-richest-man-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/04\/south-african-billionaire-dethrones-dangote-as-richest-man-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Billionaire Dethrones Dangote As Richest Man In Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>South African businessman, Johann Rupert, has replaced Nigerian billionaire and founder of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote as Africa\u2019s richest man.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes Magazine, Nigerian billionaires, such as Rabiu Abdulsamad and Mike Adenuga have lost their spots in the richest rankings.<\/p>\n<p>INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that in the new list, the wealth of Nigeria\u2019s Adenuga, moved him to the tenth position, while Patrice Motsepe who was in the top ten in 2023 didn\u2019t make the top ten richest men in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that no woman made the top ten richest list at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Africa Richest Man, Dangote Set To Acquire French Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, in the 2024 rankings, Johann Rupert &amp; Family\u2019s wealth went from $10.7b down to $10.3b to emerge Africa\u2019s richest man with the decrease of the wealth of long-time African richest Aliko Dangote which went from $13.5b to $9.5b.<\/p>\n<p>Rupert, who initially followed Dangote closely, took over the number one spot following the Central Bank of Nigeria\u2019s decision to free its grip on the official exchange market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1685369683\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African businessman, Johann Rupert, has replaced Nigerian billionaire and founder of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote as Africa\u2019s richest man. According to Forbes Magazine, Nigerian billionaires, such as Rabiu Abdulsamad and Mike Adenuga have lost their spots in the richest rankings. 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