| Name | Age | Net Worth | Source | Industry | Country of Citizenship | |
| Aliko Dangote | 63 | $12.5 | The Dangote Group | sugar, flour, cement | Nigeria | |
| Mike Adenuga | 68 | $6.1 | Globacom | telcom, banking, oil | Nigeria | |
| Robert Smith | 58 | $6.0 | Vista Equity Partners | Private equity | United States | |
| Abdulsamad Rabiu | 60 | $4.4 | BUA Group | Sugar, flour, cement | Nigeria | |
| David L. Steward | 69 | $3.7 | World Wide Technology | Information Technology | United States | |
| Patrice Motsepe | 59 | $3.0 | African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) | mining | South Africa | |
| Oprah Winfrey | 67 | $2.6 | Harpo, Weight Watchers | Television | United States | |
| Kanye West | 43 | $1.8 | Yeezy | Music, Footwear and Apparel | United States | |
| Robyn Rihanna Fenty | 33 | $1.7 | Fenty Beauty, Savage x Fenty | Fashion, Cosmetics, Music | Barbados | |
| Michael Jordan | 58 | $1.6 | Charlotte Hornets, NIKE, endorsements | Entertainment, Apparel | United States | |
| Michael Lee-Chin | 70 | $1.6 | Investments, Mutual Funds | Communications, Banking | Canada | |
| Strive Masiyiwa | 60 | $1.5 | Econet Group, Liquid Telecom | Communications | Zimbabwe | |
| Shawn Jay-Z Carter | 51 | $1.4 | Roc-A-Fella Records, Rocawear, Armand de Brignac, D’Ussé, Tidal, Roc Nation | Music, Investments | United States | |
| Mohammed Ibrahim | 74 | $1.1 | Celtel International, MSI Cellular | communications | United Kingdom | |
| Alexander Karp | 54 | $1.1 | Palantir Technologies | Software, Investments | United States |
| Tyler Perry | 51 | $1.0 | The Tyler Perry Company Inc. | Film, Television | United States | |
