Folorunsho Alakija overtakes Oprah to become the Richest Black Woman in the world.

62-year old Nigerian billionaire,  Folorunsho Alakija is now the richest black woman in the world.

Nigerian Oil tycoon, and business woman has surpassed Oprah Winfrey to attain the position.

The mother of four  is now worth $7.3 billion which is $4.4 billion dollars more than Oprah’s $2.9 billion according to Forbes.

Alakija is just one of Africa’s 55 billionaires who are all worth a staggering $143.88 billion in total, according to pan-African magazine Ventures Africa.

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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