Leading countries with billionaires in AfricaMohammed Dewji Chief Executive Officer of METL: The richest man in East Africa still comes from Tanzania, a new survey by Forbes Magazine reveals.Countries such as South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt and Algeria are some of the African countries with billionaires featured in the 2019 Forbes list. According to the list, Egypt leads having produced six billionaires followed closely by South Africa, which has five billionaires; Morocco has two while Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Angola produced one billionaire each. Mohammed Dewji from Tanzania represented East Africa in the list; Forbes puts his net worth at over Sh100 billion. SEE ALSO :The 13 black billionaires in Forbes 2019 listHis real time net worth is $139.6 billion. The Forbes World’s Billionaires list is a snapshot of wealth using stock prices and exchange rates from February 8, 2019.

Source: Standard Digital March 06, 2019 09:58 UTC