Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah – Brunei, a monarch whose wealth is anything but symbolic, is at the top of the list. Brunei's ...

South Africa cracks the top five richest African countries, both by GDP and GDP per capita, but it doesn't top either list. Javier Ghersi / Getty Images When you think of the richest countries in ...

Age: 63 Aliko Dangote is the richest man in Africa and has many titles to his name. He is also called the undisputed cement king of Africa. With his bold, crazy, and ambitious $12 billion Dangote ...

The wealthiest newcomer to this year’s list of Africa’s 50 Richest is His Majesty, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, who debuts with a fortune estimated at $2.1 billion.

The richest man in Africa's most populated country has a net worth £10.4 billion more than King Charles Aliko Dangote, Africa ’s richest man, is worth around £11 billion.

Africa's 'richest leader' worth £1.7bn - king of country and owner of incredible palaces The monarch ascended to the throne following his father's death, inheriting vast wealth in the process.

Long before stock markets, tech giants, and oil empires defined wealth, there lived a man whose riches were so vast, they ...

King Mansa Musa, the richest black man in history. Musa lived from 1280 – 1337 A.D., and ruled over the Mali Empire. Today, his net worth is estimated to have been $400 billion.

King Mansa Musa wasn’t just the 1% of the 14th century — he may be the richest person of all time. As the obscure ruler of West Africa’s Mali Empire, Musa amassed a jaw-dropping $400 billion ...

Learn more about Africa's extravagant multibillionaire. "Musa Keita I was crowned king in 1312, and was bestowed with the name Mansa, which means sultan or emperor.

This is what the king Mansa Musa brought with him on his trans-Saharan pilgrimage from Mali to Mecca: “8,000 courtiers, 12,000 slaves and 100 camels each carrying up to 300 pounds of pure gol… ...