Africa’s richest man and
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has been named as the second most
powerful man in Africa. He was named in the list of top 100 most powerful
people in the world.
Russian President Vladimir
Putin was named as the most powerful man on earth, followed by American
President-elect, Donald Trump and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, as the 2nd
and 3rd most powerful persons in the world.
However, the Nigerian
billionaire, Dangote came 2nd in Africa and was named the 68th most powerful
man on earth.
The most powerful man in
Africa is the President of Egypt, Abdel el-Sisi. He is the 44th most powerful
man in the world.
Forbes in the latest
edition of its 74 World Most Powerful People ranking list, indicated that the
64-year-old Putin was the most powerful in the world, ahead of Trump who was
second on the list.
Ms. Merkel was ranked the
third most powerful person in the world while outgoing U.S. President, Barack
Obama placed 48th on the list.
The Catholic pontiff, Pope
Francis was in fifth place; the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, come in
seventh; Chinese President Xi Jinping came before the Pope in number four while
the Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, was the 10th most powerful person in the
world.
Forbes reported that there
are nearly 7.4 billion people on planet earth but the listed men and women as
the most powerful make the world turn.
The magazine is well known
for its lists and rankings, including its list of the richest Americans (the
Forbes 400) and rankings of the world’s top companies (the Forbes Global 2000).
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