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Published 23 January 2021
The list of Africa’s billionaires is an annual ranking by documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires in Africa, compiled and published by the American business magazine, Forbes. The ranking of world’s richest billionaires was first published in March 1987.
The PUNCH highlights the top 10 richest people in Africa, all of whom happen to be men.
1. Aliko Dangote
For the tenth year in a row, Aliko Dangote is the continent’s richest person, worth $12.1bn, up by $2bn from last year’s list, thanks to a roughly 30 per cent increase in the share price of Dangote Cement, which is by far his most valuable asset.
Friday, 8 January 2021
Ahmad is set to lose his role as President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after its Governance Committee declared him ineligible to stand in this year s election.
Two of the five candidates have been approved to appear on the ballot, while additional checks are required on the other two.
A CAF statement described Ahmad as the outgoing President , and the declaration of ineligibility comes a little more than a month after Ahmad was given a five-year ban for financial misconduct by the FIFA Ethics Committee.
While Ahmad has been ruled out of the race, Augustin Senghor, President of the Senegalese Football Federation (SFF), and Jacques Anouma, former President of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) and ex-member of the FIFA Executive Committee, have been confirmed as eligible candidates for the top job.
Two days after the incident, the club are yet to issue a conclusive statement on the situation and the player s fate.
Ahead of mid-week league matches as Sundowns host TS Galaxy on Tuesday, the PSL says the Brazilians made a request that a moment of silence for the player be put on hold.
“Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club has asked the PSL to postpone the observance of a moment of silence in respect of Mr Motjeka Madisha until certain issues have been resolved by the South African Police Services,” The PSL said in a statement on Tuesday.
The latest development comes less than 24 hours after Sundowns announced “a period of uncertainty” surrounding the reported death of Madisha.
Tiisetso Malepa > By Tiisetso Malepa - 14 December 2020 - 10:54 Motjeka Madisha was a soft spoken player who gave everything on the pitch. Image: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images
Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa led a government tribute for Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns utility player Motjeka Madisha following his death on Sunday morning.
The 25-year-old from Ga-Madisha village in Zebediela in Limpopo died when a vehicle he was travelling in crashed into a steel pole in wet conditions and burst into flames near Kempton Park.
The accident happened just after midnight and Madisha’s sports car caught fire on Zuurfontein road near Sundowns training base in Chloorkop.
Dec 15, 2020 - 04:36 pm By Staff Reporter
The Premier Soccer League have confirmed to have acceded to a request made to them by Mamelodi Sundowns regarding their match against TS Galaxy this evening.
Sundowns have written to the PSL to have the proposed moment of silence in honour of defender Motjeka Madisha postponed.
The League were ready to observe the customary moment of silence in honour of the 25-year-old, who is believed to have passed on in a car accident in the early hours of Sunday.
However, The Brazilians have yet to confirm the death of their rising star as they await DNA results of the deceased, who were burnt beyond recognition on the scene of the accident.