Let’s get one thing straight. When Forbes drops its annual Africa Rich List, the same names pop up every time. Aliko Dangote at the top with $28.5 billion. Abdulsamad Rabiu at $11.2 billion. Mike Adenuga at $6.5 billion. Femi Otedola hanging on at $1.3 billion .
The narrative is simple: these are Nigeria’s richest people. Case closed. Right?
Wrong.
There’s a massive blind spot in that list—a hole so big you could fly a private jet through it. And it’s filled with the wealth of Nigeria’s most entrepreneurial ethnic group: the Igbos. Once again, in 2026, there isn’t a single Igbo name on the Forbes Africa Billionaires List…CONTINUE FULL READING>>>
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