Africa’s 24 billionaires are now $56 billion richer than 26 Arab billionaires in the Middle East as Dangote reshapes wealth rankings

Africa’s 24 billionaires are now worth about $168.2 billion combined, compared with an estimated $111.8 billion held by 26 Arab billionaires from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Qatar. According to a Business Insider Africa calculation based on Forbes’ September 2026 real-time billionaire estimates, Africa leads the Middle…