Africa, world’s fastest growing emerging market, is home to 55 billionaires, up from a previous estimate of 25, with an average net worth of $2.6bn, the new research says.

The price of oil, which topped $100 a barrel this year, up from $20 a barrel in early 2000, is adjudged to be at the root of this new crop of African billionaires.

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