1. Isabel dos Santos, Net Worth over $3 Billion (Angolan)

Isabel dos Santos (born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan investor considered by Forbes to be the richest woman not only in Angola, but the whole of Africa. In 2013, according to research by Forbes, her net worth had reached more than three billion US Dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. She is the daughter of Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

This remarkable Angolan woman has invested heavily in diamonds and oil and is among the directors of a number of high profile companies. Her investments are diversified and spread-out in Portugal and Angola. The source of her immense wealth is still unclear. She made history by becoming the first woman billionaire in Africa.
Family and Education

Isabel dos Santos was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, the oldest daughter of Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his first wife, the Russian-born Tatiana Kukanova, whom he met while studying in Azerbaijan. Her father’s parents came from São Tomé and Príncipe. She studied electrical engineering at King’s College in London. There she met her husband from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sindika Dokolo, a son of a millionaire from Kinshasa and his Danish wife. There were reports that when they got married in Luanda in December 2002the wedding ceremony cost about US$4 million, with a special choir flown in from Belgium and two planes chartered to bring food from France. About 800 guests were present at the wedding, half of them relatives of the couple, and also several African presidents.
Business activities

In the early 1990s, Isabel dos Santos returned from London to join her father in Luanda, and started working as a project manager engineer for Urbana 2000, a subsidiary of Jembas Group, that won the contract for cleaning and disinfection of the city. Then, she set up a trucking business. Here the development of a walkie-talkie system paved the way for her subsequent foray into telecoms. In 1997, at the age of 24, she started her first business by opening the Miami Beach Club, one of the first night clubs and beach restaurants on the Luanda Island. Over a period of nearly 20 years she expanded her business interests continuously and this led her to create several holdings, in Angola and mostly abroad, and to make substantial investments in a series of prestigious entreprises, especially in Portugal.

In December 2014, the Togolese magazine Africa Top Success named Isabel dos Santos as “African of the Year”. The Angolan businesswoman competed against five opponents, namely Angélique Kidjo, Lupita Nyong’o, Daphne Mashile-Nkosi, Fatou Bensouda and Koki Mutungi.

In November 2015 BBC named Isabel dos Santos as one of the 100 most influential women in the world. As part of the BBC series 100 Women, which elects women who every year made a difference in their area of operation, Isabel dos Santos was chosen for the list for her leading role in the economy and development of the African continent. In an interview with British public service broadcaster, issued on BBC World News channel, Isabel dos Santos stated that we are seeing a change in the way investors look at Africa, and that Education remains a big gap in Angola’s development. Isabel dos Santos was also asked about the role of women in politics and business, stating that “there’s a young generation of African women who are highly educated and also are very exposed to the world and they want to change History. And that’s our dream, make Africa a place like anywhere else in the world.”

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1. Isabel dos Santos, Net Worth over $3 Billion (Angolan)

Isabel dos Santos (born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan investor considered by Forbes to be the richest woman not only in Angola, but the whole of Africa. In 2013, according to research by Forbes, her net worth had reached more than three billion US Dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. She is the daughter of Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

This remarkable Angolan woman has invested heavily in diamonds and oil and is among the directors of a number of high profile companies. Her investments are diversified and spread-out in Portugal and Angola. The source of her immense wealth is still unclear. She made history by becoming the first woman billionaire in Africa.
Family and Education

Isabel dos Santos was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, the oldest daughter of Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his first wife, the Russian-born Tatiana Kukanova, whom he met while studying in Azerbaijan. Her father’s parents came from São Tomé and Príncipe. She studied electrical engineering at King’s College in London. There she met her husband from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sindika Dokolo, a son of a millionaire from Kinshasa and his Danish wife. There were reports that when they got married in Luanda in December 2002the wedding ceremony cost about US$4 million, with a special choir flown in from Belgium and two planes chartered to bring food from France. About 800 guests were present at the wedding, half of them relatives of the couple, and also several African presidents.
Business activities

In the early 1990s, Isabel dos Santos returned from London to join her father in Luanda, and started working as a project manager engineer for Urbana 2000, a subsidiary of Jembas Group, that won the contract for cleaning and disinfection of the city. Then, she set up a trucking business. Here the development of a walkie-talkie system paved the way for her subsequent foray into telecoms. In 1997, at the age of 24, she started her first business by opening the Miami Beach Club, one of the first night clubs and beach restaurants on the Luanda Island. Over a period of nearly 20 years she expanded her business interests continuously and this led her to create several holdings, in Angola and mostly abroad, and to make substantial investments in a series of prestigious entreprises, especially in Portugal.

In December 2014, the Togolese magazine Africa Top Success named Isabel dos Santos as “African of the Year”. The Angolan businesswoman competed against five opponents, namely Angélique Kidjo, Lupita Nyong’o, Daphne Mashile-Nkosi, Fatou Bensouda and Koki Mutungi.

In November 2015 BBC named Isabel dos Santos as one of the 100 most influential women in the world. As part of the BBC series 100 Women, which elects women who every year made a difference in their area of operation, Isabel dos Santos was chosen for the list for her leading role in the economy and development of the African continent. In an interview with British public service broadcaster, issued on BBC World News channel, Isabel dos Santos stated that we are seeing a change in the way investors look at Africa, and that Education remains a big gap in Angola’s development. Isabel dos Santos was also asked about the role of women in politics and business, stating that “there’s a young generation of African women who are highly educated and also are very exposed to the world and they want to change History. And that’s our dream, make Africa a place like anywhere else in the world.”

Read more at:http://www.martnewsreports.com/2016/04/10/meet-the-top-three-richest-women-in-africa-see-how-many-nigerians/
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Op only God in heaven knows where u got ur information from, cos I know the last time Nigerian Alakija is the richest woman in the world

Pls, Ethene. U re the one to check your facts. the richest world in the world according to Forbes List is Liliane Bettencourt. You have your google, you can check it out and she is worth more than $36 billion.

I thought u said top 3...or is my maths wrong

Hi, read up at :http://www.martnewsreports.com/2016/04/10/meet-the-top-three-richest-women-in-africa-see-how-many-nigerians/