WHO ARE THE TOP 5 WEALTHIEST WOMEN IN AFRICA? BY FIONA WAKELIN
AND WHO HAS TUMBLED FROM THE TOP?
Top to bottom: Folorunsho Alakija; Ngina Kenyatta; Hajia Bola Shagaya; Wendy Appelbaum; Wendy Ackerman
Looking at the list of the richest women in Africa, what is striking is that acquiring billionaire status does not happen overnight. Everyone featured here has spent a lifetime investing in, and growing, their entrepreneurial empires. Silver hair and gold in the bank!
