Africa’s richest man,
Aliko Dangote, was, at the weekend, rated among the 100 most powerful
people in the world by Forbes Magazine. Aliko, the only black who made the list apart from President
of the United States, Barack Obama, was listed at number 71 just above the top
Republican Party contender for the US presidency, Donald Trump, who was listed
at number 72.
President of Egypt, Abdel el-Sisi, was the only other
African listed apart from Dangote and he was placed at number 49, under the
defiant North Korean leader Kin Jong-un who was placed at number 46, while Igor
Sechin of Rosneft and Ma Huateng were placed at 47 and 48 respectively.
The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, sat
conspicuously on the number one spot followed by the Prime Minister of Germany,
Angela Merkel, who made the number two spot, pushing Obama to an embarrassing third position. The list had other powerful people like Pope Francis
occupying the fourth position just under Obama, while the Chinese Prime
Minister, Xi Jinping, was number five on the list.
The world’s richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, were
placed at number six and 13
respectively, while Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
placed 23rd on the list.
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