First in Africa: Dangote now worth $20bn

Announcement! Announcement!! Announcement!!! We hereby announce that Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa has taken his wealth to a whole new and historic level.

The Hausa man from Northern Nigeria has attained the mark of $20bn due to the fact that his 93% stake in Dangote Cement is now worth $19.5bn.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote

Dangote is the first African man to reach the $20bn mark and is now in the top 25 richest in the world, according to Forbes. According to Forbes, he is now richer than Russia’s richest man and Arsenal FC shareholder Alisher Usmanov (coincidentally, they’re both Arsenal fans and I’m also an Arsenal fan (lool)), India’s steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, and almost tie with Mukesh Ambani.

He is now looking forward to catch up with the almighty Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Dangote rose from the $16.1bn he was worth in March when Forbes released its annual rich list.

This announcement also go to all pessimist Nigerians who never find anything positive about Nigeria, Nigeria is a great nation that contains good people, and rich ones too.

Announcement over, thanks for listening.

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