1 . Isabel Dos Santos – The Richest Woman in
Africa
Isabel Dos Santos is a 40 year old woman and the
oldest daughter of Angolan President José Eduardo dos
Santos . She is in the board of directors of several
companies in Angola and Portugal including media
company and major banks in Portugal with interests in
oil and diamonds. She also has shares in Angolan
cement company Ciminvest and the Banco Africano de
Investimentos . Before these series of investments that
brought her to this level , she studied engineering at
the King ’ s College, London and started her first
business when she was 24 years old. She holds more
than 14 per cent stake in Portuguese media
conglomerate Zon Multimedia. She also owns major
stakes in Portuguese banks Banco Espírito Santo and
Banco Português de Investimento , and in energy firm
Energias de Portugal . Her investments have pushed her
over the $ 1 billion mark making her the first African
woman to become a billionaire . Tracing the source of
the funds , there is no clear cut evidence of how she
made her money according to Forbes judging by how
business is conducted in Angola with respect to
the ruling party . Isabel Dos Santos is Africa ’ s richest
woman.
2 . Folorunso Alakija
The 62 year - old Folorunso Alakija is Nigerian
billionaire and the second richest woman in Africa after
Dos Santos . The fashion designer and Executive
Director of FAMFA Oil, the gas and oil exploration and
production company is currently worth over $ 600
million. She was secretary of the now defunct
International Merchant Bank of Nigeria in the 70 s which
was one of the West African nation’ s earliest
investment banks . She went on to study fashion design
in the United Kingdom and subsequently founded her
fashion house company in Nigeria : Supreme Stitches in
1985 and within a year , she became the largest
designer in Nigeria . In 1993 Nigerian President Ibrahim
Babangida awarded her company , Famfa Oil , an oil
prospecting license that later became one of Nigeria ’ s
most prolific oil blocks with her company owning a 60 %
stake in the block . In 2000 , President Olusegun
Obasanjo, the then president of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria illegally acquired a 50 % stake in the block
without due compensation to Alakija or her company
but the stake was later revoked by the supreme court .
3 . Ngina Kenyatta
Popularly known as Mama Ngina , Ngina Kenyatta is
the widow of Kenya ’ s first president, Jomo Kenyatta and
she is one of the richest women in Africa . Though she
has mostly undeclared wealth but would not pass
without mentioned among the wealthiest Ladies in
Africa . The 80 year old charitable and welcoming Mama
Ngina who now lives more of a reclusive life gained a
lot of respect from Kenyan citizens for has stand in
defending and promoting the family ’ s business interests
which cuts across the banking, farming, education ,
insurance, hospitality , manufacturing and real estate
sectors .
Mama Ngina Kenyatta currently has a series of
investments , stakes and portfolios under her authority .
She is a major share holder in one of the largest
privately owned banks in Kenya : the Commercial Bank
of Africa ( CBA) , and a chain of hotels (Heritage ) . The list
is almost endless and also includes Brookside Dairies
which is an East African leader in the dairy industry
with market share reaching from East Africa to the
Middle East . Media Max ; a media company and
Timsales Timber are also part of her portfolio. The
latest investments is in the real estate sector and
involves the development of a 500 acre Northlands City
which is hoped to be the largest gated community in the
region.
4 . Hajia Bola Shagaya
Bola Shagaya is one of the richest women in Nigeria .
She is a business woman and the founder and CEO of
Bolmus Group International which is a diversified
Nigerian conglomerate company with interests in oil ,
real estate, banking where is a board member of Unity
Bank PLC she is also involved in communications and
photography. Her investments span across to the oil
sector , banking and finance including real estate with
hundreds of town houses in Nigeria ’ s choicest
neighborhoods and she also owns properties in Europe
and the United States.
She is also a board member of the National Economic
Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD ) , a Nigerian
focused business group. Hajia Shagaya , seemed to
have aligned herself with important military and
political figures in Nigeria and is reputedly very close to
former Nigerian military president, Ibrahim Babangida
and the Nigeria ’ s first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan .
Bola Shagaya is one of the richest women in Africa
today
5 . Wendy Appelbaum
Wendy is a South African millionaire who became a
director of her father ’ s insurance and real estate
company : Liberty Investors . The only daughter of
Donald Gordon , Appelbaum , a South African billionaire.
She sold her shares to rake in her fortune . Upon selling
her shares she made her own personal fortune . She
was once the Deputy Chairman of Women ’ s Investment
Portfolio Limited (Wiphold ) , the first women dominated
company to list on the Johannesburg Securities
Exchange (JSE ) with then assets in excess of R 1 billion .
She invested in DeMorgenzon , a wine estate in the
famous wine region of Stellenbosch . In her philantropic
nature , she has donated more than US $ 23 million to
pursuing the cause of Gordon Institute of Business
Science and the Donald Gordon Medical Centre , in
memory of her father. Wendy Appelbaum’ s net worth as
of early 2012 is estimated at $ 259. 3 million making her
one of the richest women in Africa .

6 . Wendy Ackerman
In a “Wendy ” dominated rich list of African wealthiest
women , Wendy Ackerman is a South African retail
tycoon , a Non - Executive Director of Pick N Pay
Holdings Limited. She is worth $ 190. 2 million , she runs
the Ackerman Family Trust run her husband owns
about 50 per cent of the major South African grocery
chain Pick ‘ n ’ Pay . The $ 3 billion South African
company has outlets in Nigeria , Zimbabwe and
Australia, Namibia , Zambia , Mozambique , with
Ackerman acting as Executive Director.
7 . Irene Charnley
Irene Charnley is a 52 year old South African and a
former trade unionist with a net worth of $ 150 million .
She spent 13 years as a negotiator for the South
Africa ’ s National Union of Mineworkers and later
became the Executive Director at MTN , Africa ’ s largest
telecom company . Currently , Irene Charnley is the CEO
of Smile Telecoms, a telecommunications products
company working out of Mauritius. She spearheaded
MTN ’ s expansion across Africa and beyond , and played
a major role in acquiring Nigerian and Iranian operating
licences for the company however , in 2007 , she the
company under controversial circumstances . In
addition to working with MTN , she was also a director
of FirstRand Bank and Johnnic and Johnnic
Communications . Her estimated net worth of $ 150
million makes her one of the wealthiest women in Africa
8 . Bridget Radebe
Born in 1960, Bridget Radebe is the founder of the
successful mining company Mmakau Mining in South
Africa with operations in gold , platinum , uranium , coal,
chrome mining and exploration . Radebe started out this
successful line by first becoming a mine worker herself
overcoming gender and inequalities . Now the president
of the South African Mining Development Association ,
she is the older sister of South African billionaire
Patrice Motsepe and married to South Africa Justice
Minister Jeff Radebe.
Radebe’ s network is not really known but she received
the International Businessperson of the Year Award in
2008 from the Global Foundation for Democracy .
9 . Sharon Wapnick
Worth $ 43 . 1 million, Wapnick is one of the largest
individual shareholders in listed loan stock companies
Octodec Investments and Premium Properties , which
were both founded by her father Alec . She is also a
partner at TWB Attorneys , a Johannesburg- based
commercial law firm . Her fortune was made in
investments and real estate.
As of October 2011 , Wapnick stepped into the role of
non- executive chairman of Octodec , replacing her
father. An attorney , she also has a wealth of experience
in the property industry. Her net worth of around $43
million makes her one of the richest women in Africa
10 . Elisabeth Bradley
Sitting on more than $ 32 million is Elisabeth Bradley,
whose father Albert Wessels brought Toyota to South
Africa in 1961 . Her source of wealth is from investments
in companies and assets . In 2008 , Wesco Investments
which was the holding company that she was the
chairman of, sold its 25 percent stake in Toyota South
Africa to Japan ’ s Toyota Motor Corp for $320 million,
with Bradley pocketing at least $150 million.
While remaining as the chairman of Wesco Investments
South Africa , she is also the vice- chairman of Toyota
South Africa Limited, a board member at blue chip
companies such as Standard Bank Group , Hilton Hotel
and Roseback Inn and a director of AngloGold.

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When women re wealthy..the children always feel d money but when its d father's, they can be tight-handed..

what of PEJ?

stepo707:
what of PEJ?

politicians are Not considered among d richest people in grading

Barselonia:

politicians are Not considered among d richest people in grading

Oh ok.thanks