The Richest Africans is an annual ranking of the richest African people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes. The list has been published since 2015. Dangote Group founder Aliko Dangote has topped the 2018 list.[1] In 2018, there was a record of 23 African billionaires on the list.[2] Billionaires who are from Africa, Mohammed VI of Morocco ,and those who do not reside in the continent (such as Elon Musk, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Mo Ibrahim, Tope Awotona) are excluded from the list by Forbes.