Forbes unveils Africa's richest people

Forbes magazine has announced its inaugural list of Africa's top 40 richest people, highlighting Nigerian magnate Aliko Dangote as the continent's richest man.African's 40 richest list after the jump....

1 Aliko Dangote, Nigeria
Worth: $10.1billion
Age: 54
Business: Food and cement
2 Nicky Oppenheimer, South Africa
Worth: $6.5billion
Age: 66
Business: Diamonds
3 Nassef Sawiris
Worth: $4.75billion
Age: 50
Business: Constuction
4 Johann Rupert & family, South Africa
Worth: $4.7billion
Age: 61
Business: Luxury goods
5 Mike Adenuga, Nigeria
Worth: $4.3billion
Age: 58
Business: Oil
6 Miloud Chaabi, Morocco
Worth: $3billion
Age: 82
Business: Housing and hotels
7 Naguib Sawiris, Egypt
Worth: $2.9billion
Age: 57
Business: Telecoms
8 Christoffel Wiese, South Africa
Worth: $2.7billion
Age: 70
Business: Retail
9 Onsi Sawiris, Egypt
Worth: $2.6billion
Age: 81
Business: Construction, telecoms
10 Patrice Motsepe, South Africa
Worth: $2.5billion
Age: 49
Business: Mining

See the full list of Africa’s 40 Richest here.