Nigerian oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija
is now the richest black woman in the
world with an estimated fortune of
$7.3 billion.
Mother-of-four, Alakija, 62, unseats
Oprah Winfrey as the richest black
woman in the world.
According to Forbes, Oprah Winfrey is
worth $2.9 billion.
Africa boasts 55 billionaires and
they’re worth a staggering $143.88
billion in total, according to pan-
African magazine Ventures Africa.
Alakija started her career as a
secretary in a bank in the mid 1970s,
Alakija, 62, then studied fashion in
London and returned to Nigeria to
start a label, Supreme Stitches. But
her biggest break came in oil.
In 1993, her company, Famfa Oil, was
awarded an oil prospecting license,
which later became OML 127, one of
Nigeria’s most prolific oil blocks.
The company owns a 60 per cent stake
in the block, valued at around $7.3
billion, Ventures Africa reports.

Source: Leadership, 28/12/14

Outstanding!!

Na today? This is an old news actually. Are you just becoming updated? @op. no insult intended.