Nigerian oil tycoon, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, is
now the richest black woman in the world with an
estimated fortune of $7.3 billion.
Mother of four, Alakija, 62, unseats Winfrey as the
richest black woman in the world.
According to Forbes, Oprah Winfrey is worth $2.9
billion. Africa boasts 55 billionaires and they’re
worth a staggering $143.88 billion in total,
according to pan-African magazine Ventures
Africa.
Alakija started her career as a secretary in a bank
in the mid 1970s. She then studied fashion in
London and returned to Nigeria to start a label,
Supreme Stitches. But her biggest break came in
oil. In 1993, her company, Famfa Oil, was
awarded an oil prospecting licence, which later
became OML 127, one of Nigeria’s most prolific
oil blocks.
The company owns a 60-per-cent stake in the
block, valued at around $7.3 billion, Ventures
Africa has reported.
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