Forbes listed 23 billionaires in Africa this year, nine of whom are from North Africa. These billionaires of North African origin had a combined net worth of $25.7 billion. Egyptian billionaire brothers Mohamed, Yasseen and Youssef Mansour hold positions within family conglomerate Mansour Group, founded by father Loutfy. Morocco was represented by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Aziz Akhannouch, who is the majority owner of Akwa Group and BMCE Bank of Africa CEO Othman Benjelloun. Nassef Sawiris$6.8BCountry: EgyptSector: Construction, Chemicals Issad Rebrab & family$4BCountry: AlgeriaSector: Food Naguib Sawiris$4BCountry: EgyptSector: Telecom Mohamed Mansour$2.7BCountry: EgyptSector: Diversified Aziz Akhannouch$2.2BCountry: MoroccoSector: Petroleum, Diversified Yasseen Mansour$1.9BCountry: EgyptSector: Diversified Othman Benjelloun$1.6BCountry: MoroccoSector: Banking, Insurance Youssef Mansour$1.4BCountry: EgyptSector: Diversified Onsi Sawiris$1.1BCountry: EgyptSector: Construction, TelecomFor more on billionaires, see our list of the World’s Richest Arabs 2017.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 18, 2018 14:03 UTC