Republic Africa Top 100
The People, Brands
and Businesses Shaping Africa
#1Egypt
Nassef Sawiris
OCI
Egypt's most consequential industrialist, building a global chemicals and sport empire without borders.
#2Nigeria
Aliko Dangote
Dangote Group
Africa's richest man and the industrialist behind the continent's largest cement, oil and sugar operations.
#3South Africa
Patrice Motsepe
African Rainbow Minerals
Mining magnate and founder of African Rainbow Minerals, a flagbearer of Black economic participation in SA mining.
#4Nigeria
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
World Trade Organization
Director-General of the WTO and a defining voice on global trade, reform and African economic agency.
#5Zimbabwe
Strive Masiyiwa
Cassava Technologies / Econet
Telecoms pioneer and founder of Econet, now building a pan-African digital infrastructure group.
#6Nigeria
Mike Adenuga
Globacom
Founder of Globacom and a quiet force across Nigerian telecoms, oil and banking.