Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is the richest person in Africa. The self-made 63-year-old cement tycoon founded and chairs Dangote Cement, the African continent’s largest cement producer. South Africa and Egypt each have five billionaires, followed by Nigeria with three and Morocco with two, and one each from Algeria, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Africa’s youngest billionaire, Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania and CEO of MeTL, is at $1.6 billion.

Richest People In Africa, 2021

Rank Name Net Worth Country Source of Wealth Country

1 Aliko Dangote

$12.6 B

Nigeria Dangote Cement (85% stake)

Nigeria

2 Nassef Sawiris

$8.3 B

Egypt Adidas (6% stake), Madison Square Garden Sports (5% stake), OCI NV, Orascom Construction, Lafarge Holcim

Egypt

3 Nicky Oppenheimer

$7.9 B

South Africa

DeBeers, Fireblade Aviation

South Africa

4 Johann Rupert

$7.1 B

South Africa

Financiere Richemont (Cartier and Montblanc), Remgro (7% stake), Reinet (25% stake)

South Africa

5 Mike Adenuga

$6.3 B

Nigeria Globacom, Conoil Producing

Nigeria

6 Abdulsamad Rabiu

$5.4 B

Nigeria BUA Group, BUA Cement Plc

Nigeria

7 Issad Rebrab $4.8 B

Algeria Cevital, Groupe Brandt

Algeria

8 Naguib Sawiris

$3.2 B

Egypt Orascom Telecom, Orascom TMT Investments, Euronews

Egypt

9 Patrice Motsepe

$2.9 B

South Africa

Rainbow Minerals, African Rainbow Capital, Sanlam

South Africa

10 Koos Bekker $3 B South Africa

Chairman of media group Naspers

South Africa

11 Mohamed Mansour

$2.5 B

Egypt Mansour Group

Egypt

12 Aziz Akhannouch

$2 B Morocco Akwa Group, Afriquia Gaz and Maghreb Oxygene

Morocco

13 Mohammed Dewji

$1.6 B

Tanzania CEO of METL Tanzania

14 Youssef Mansour

$1.5 B

Egypt Mansour Group

Egypt

15 Othman Benjelloun

$1.3 B

Morocco CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa, FinanceCom

Morocco

16 Michiel Le Roux

$1.2 B

South Africa

Capitec Bank (11% stake)

South Africa

17 Strive Masiyiwa

$1.2 B

Zimbabwe Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (50% stake), Liquid Telecom

Zimbabwe

18 Yasseen Mansour

$1.1 B

Egypt Mansour Group

Egypt

world after they started a challenge called the #JerusalemaChallenge with the duo's hit song Jerusalema.

While a lot of time has gone by, the Austrian Airlines cabin crew recently did the challenge and proved it was still as lit as ever.

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  In an extremely fun clip that was shared on Twitter by @RBiakpara, the crew can be seen dancing both inside and outside one of the airline's airplanes while fully clothed in their usual flight uniform.

@RBiakpara captioned the heartwarming clip:

"Jerusalema to the world. Love it. Thanks @dhayciarh."

Twitter users absolutely loved it and wasted no time heading to the comment section to express just how great they thought it was. Read a few of their comments below:

@Shanniiiaaa said:

"I really really hope the artists and the people who made the original video are all being paid well."

@OooThatsJustin said:

"I'd be happy af to get on the plane if they were dancing like this when we board lol."

@Amina_Eke22 said:

"I don’t care what they say, this to me, is the most iconic song in the world right now."

Austrian Airlines crew have left the internet very impressed. Images: @RBiakpara

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Meanwhile, it was earlier reported that a video of firefighters in Portugal doing the #JerusalemaChallenge made its way to the #ImStaying Facebook group .

Three firefighters in full uniform could be seen getting down to Master KG's hit song. This international hit is putting smiles on South Africans' faces as the pride of its dance moves is going global.