Patrice Motsepe “Africa’s Man of Mettle" Forbes Africa

Mining magnate, business-man, Sunday Times’ Rich List’s top earner and # 393 on the Forbes 2011 Billionaires List,  Patrice Motsepe, is featured on the cover of the inaugural edition of Forbes Africa Magazine.

Forbes Africa launched in September at the uber fabulous, Monte-Casino Inn in Johannesburg, South Africa. The launch event which was attended by South African celebrities, media, business-folks and VIP’s. Some of the celebs in attendance included “All Access” host, Bridget Masinga; “Top Billing” host, Simba Mhere; artist, Loyiso Bala; actor Emmanuel Castis from TV series, “Scandal!” and model Sonia Booth.

The magazine, which is the 16th edition of Forbes around the world, went on sale around Africa on 1 October. This is the the 16th local-language edition of the Forbes franchise, with English-language distribution in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya. Forbes Africa will be published and distributed by ABN Publishing.

Being in the USA, I have not gotten a copy of the issue but I got some quotes on “Africa’s man of mettle”, Patrice from my friend, DJ Sbu, who tweeted:

“I’m a sinner. I fumble. People must see me as one of them. The things that worry them, must worry me ” – Patrice Motsepe

“My parents insisted that we should always be respectful, never forget where we come from and that we are part of the challenges facing our people”  – Patrice Motsepe

“All our businesses comprise of the BEST people money can buy. My policy is hire the best and pay them well ” – Patrice Motsepe

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Africa’s Billionaires of 2011 – Nigerian Emerges as Africa’s Richest Man

Africa’s Billionaires on the Forbes list made records this year with a few surprises. 6 new Billionaires added to last year’s list of 11 bringing them to 17 Billionaires. Topping the list is Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote who displaced Ethiopian Self Made Billionaire, Mohammed Al Amoudi as Africa’s Richest man.

Although no other countries from Africa added to the list this year, Egypt managed to double its Billionaires from 4 to 8. Nigeria and South Africa also gained 1 new billionaire addition to the list. Overall African Billionaires on this year’s list are worth a combined 71 Billion, with last year’s billionaires alone increasing their wealth by a combined 18 Billion. The biggest increase was experience by our new Richest man, Dangote who made 10.7 Billion, putting him at the top of the list making him number 51 on the World’s Richest list.

	Name	Africa Rank	Forbes Rank	Net Worth	Age	Source	Country of Citizenship/HomeTown
	Aliko Dangote	1	51	$13.8 B	53	sugar, flour, cement	Nigeria
	Mohammed Al Amoudi	2	63	$12.3 B	66	oil	Saudi Arabia/Ethiopia
	Nicky Oppenheimer & family	3	136	$7 B	65	De Beers	South Africa
	Nassef Sawiris	4	182	$5.6 B	50	construction	Egypt
	Patrick Soon-Shiong	5	196	$5.2 B	59	generic drugs	United States/South Africa
	Johann Rupert & family	6	219	$4.8 B	60	luxury goods	South Africa
	Naguib Sawiris	7	310	$3.5 B	56	telecom	Egypt
	Patrice Motsepe	8	336	$3.3 B	49	Mining	South Africa
	Onsi Sawiris	9	393	$2.9 B	81	construction	Egypt
	Mohamed Mansour	10	595	$2 B	63	Diversified	Egypt
	Mike Adenuga	10	595	$2 B	57	telcom, banking, oil	Nigeria
	Yasseen Mansour	11	692	$1.8 B	49	Diversified	Egypt
	Youssef Mansour	11	692	$1.8 B	65	Diversified	Egypt
	Mo Ibrahim	11	692	$1.8 B	64	communications	United Kingdom/Sudan
	Christoffel Wiese	12	782	$1.6 B	69	consumer retail	South Africa
	Samih Sawiris	13	879	$1.4 B	54	hotels	Egypt
	Mohamed Al Fayed & family	14	993	$1.2 B	78	Retail	Egypt

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