The President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has been named the most powerful man in Africa and 64th in the world by the Forbes magazine.
Dangote, who Forbes says is by
far Africa’s richest man with a net worth of $16.1bn as of March 2013,
was ranked ahead of the likes of Fifa President, Sepp Blatter (69);
Speaker, United States House of Representatives, John Boehner (66); and
Founder, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Mohammed Ibrahim (71).
Apart from Dangote, Ibrahim is the only other African on the list, which contains 72 people.
Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin,
topped the list, displacing United States President, Barrack Obama, who
dropped to the second spot for the first time in three years.
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, occupies
the third spot, while the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis,
debuts on the list at number four.
Pope Francis, who was elected in March this year, leads 12 other new entrants.
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Great to see there's some change happening on the list, most importantly on top 5.
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