Four Nigerians have again given the country pride of place among wealthy people in the world according to Africa Facts Zone.
In the list compiled by the Twitter handle, Dangote leads the pack with $9.5bn (N3,676,500,000,000), while Mike Adenuga makes number three on the list with $5.8bn.
The third and fourth Nigerians are Rabiu at number six and Folorunso Alakija, at number 14, with a wealth commanding power of $3.2bn (N1,240,000,000,000) and $1bn (N387,500,000,000).
Famous show host, Oprah Winfrey, and popular actor, Will Smith take numbers seven and four with $2.6bn and $5bn respectively.
Below are, therefore, the full list of the 15 richest black people:
1. Aliko Dangote (Nigeria) - $9.5 billion
2. Mohammed Hussein (Saudi) - $8.1 billion
3. Mike Adenuga (Nigeria) - $5.8 billion 4. Will Smith (US) - $5 billion
5. David Steward (US) - $3.5 bn
6. Abdul Samad Rabiu (Nigeria) - $3.2 bn
7. Oprah Winfrey (US) $2.6 bn
8. Mike Jordan (US) - $2.1 bn
9. Patrice Motsepe (South Africa) - $2bn
10. Isabel Dos Santos (Angola) - $1.8bn
11. Strive Masiyiwa (Zimbabwe), Michael Lee-Chin (Canadian-Jamaican) - $1.7 billion
13. Kanye West (US) - $1.3 billion
14. Folorunsho Alakija (Nigeria) - $1 billion
15. Jay-Z (US) - $1 billion
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