Rabat, Jan. 14 -- The American business magazine Forbes published this month its list of richest billionaires in Africa.

The 2019 Africa's Billionaires list included Aziz Akhannouch, the Moroccan minister of agriculture and fisheries, ranked 13th and Othman Benjelloun, the CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa, ranked 15th.

Africa's richest man is Aliko Dangote of Nigeria for the eighth year in a row with an estimated $10.3 billion net worth. Fellow Nigerian Mike Adenuga is the continent's second richest billionaire with an estimated $9.2 billion of wealth.

South Africa's diamond heir Nicky Oppenheimer is the third richest man in Africa with a current estimated $7.3 billion net worth, down from $7.7 billion the previous year.

The number of Afric...