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Richest Countries in Africa
RANK COUNTRY GDP-Per capital
1 Equatorial Guinea $44,100
2 Seychelles $18,400
3 Botswana $14,700
4 Gabon $13,800
5 Libya $13,100
6 Mauritius $11,900
The Richest People In Africa
NAME
Alico Dangote
Nasseff Sawiris
Johnna Rupert
Naguib Sawiris
Patrice Motsepe
Onsi Sawiris
Mike Adenuga
Yasseen Mansour
Youssef Mansour
Chritoffel Wiese
AGE
55
52
63
58
51
83
59
51
67
71
COUNTRY
Nigeria
Egypt
South Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
Egypt
Egypt
South Africa
NET WORTH
$13.8 billion
$5.6 billion
$4.8 billion
$3.5 billion
$3.3 billion
$2.9 billion
$2.0 billion
$1.8 billion
$1.8 billion
$1.6 billion
WORLD RANK
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182
219
310
336
393
595
692
692
782
Countries in Africa and Year of Independence
COUNTRY
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verdi
Central African Rep
Chad
Comoros
Congo(zaire)
Congo D.R.
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome/Principe
Sahrawi Arab D.R.
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
CAPITAL
Algriers
Luanda
Porto-Novo
Gaborone
Oaugadougou
Bujumbura
Yaounde
Praia
Bangul
N'Djemena
Moroni
Kinshasa
brazzaville
Yamoussoukro
Djibouti
Cario
Malabo
Asmara
Addis Ababa
Libreville
Banjul
Accra
Conakry
Bissua
Nairobi
Maseru
Monrovia
Tripoli
Antananarivo
Lilongwe
Bamako
Nouakchott
Port Louis
Rabat
Maputo
Windhoek
Niamey
Abuja
Kigali
Sao Tome
El Aaiún
Dakar
Victoria
Freetown
Mogadishu
Pretoria
Juba
Khartoum
Mbabane
Dodoma
Lome
Tunis
Kampala
El Aalun
Lusaka
Harare
YEAR OF INDEP.
5th July. 1962
11th Nov. 1975
1st Aug. 1960
30th Sept 1966
5th Aug. 1960
1st July 1962
1st Jan.1960
5th july. 1975
13th Aug. 1960
11th Aug. 1960
6th July 1975
30th June 1960
15th Aug 1960
7th Aug, 1960
27th June, 1977
1951
12th Oct, 1968
24th May 1993
17th Aug, 1960
18th Feb, 1965
6th March, 1957
2nd Oct, 1958
24th Sept, 1973
12th Dec, 1963
4th Oct, 1966
26th July, 1947
24th Dec, 1951
26th June, 1960
6th July, 1964
22nd Sept, 1960
28th Nov, 1960
12th March, 1968
2nd March, 1956
25th June, 1975
21st March, 1990
3rd Aug, 1960
1st Oct, 1960
1st July, 1962
12th July, 1975
27th Feb, 1976
4th April, 1960
29 June, 1976
27th April,1961
26th June, 1960
31st may, 1961
9th July, 2011
1st Jan, 1956
6th Sept, 1968
9th Dec, 1961
27th April, 1960
20th march, 1956
9th Oct, 1962
26th Feb, 1976
24th Oct, 1964
18th April, 1980
EX-MASTER
France
Portugal
France
UK
France
Belgiun
France
Portugal
France
France
France
Belgium
France
France
France
UK
Spain
Ethiopia
UK
Portugal
UK
UK
France
Portugal
UK
UK
USA
Italy
France
UK
France
France
UK
France
Portugal
South Africa
France
UK
Belgium
Portugal
Spain
France
UK
UK
UK
UK
Portugal
Egypt/UK
UK
UK
France
France
UK
Spain
UK
UK
AU Member
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African Union (AU)
Inception (25 May 1963) till (30 Jan 2015)
No. of member states: 54
Newest Member: South Sudan Joining July 28 2011
Chairperson of the Africa Union till date
Name
Thabo Mbeki
Joaquim Chissano
Olusegun Obasanjo
Denis Sassou Nguesso
John Kufor
Jakaya Kikwete
Muammar Gaddafi
Bingu wa Mutharika
Teodoro Mbasogo
Yayi boni
Hailemariam Desalegn
Robert Mugabe
Beginning
9 July 2002
10 july 2003
6 July 2004
24 Jan 2006
30 Jan 2007
31 Jan 2008
2 Feb 2009
31 Jan 2010
31 Jan 2011
29 jan 2012
27 Jan 2013
30 Jan 2015
End of term
10 July 2003
6 July 2004
24 Jan 2006
24 Jan 2007
31 Jan 2008
2 Feb 2009
31 Jan 2010
31 Jan 2011
29 Jan 2012
27 Jan 2013
30 Jan 2015
Incumbent
Country
South Africa
Mozambique
Nigeria
Rep.of Congo
Ghana
Tanzania
Libya
Malawi
Equatorial Guinea
Benin
Ethiopia
Zimbabwe
