Aliko Dangote
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote just misses out on the top place of the wealthiest food and drink manufacturers with his fortune of £14.8bn.
Dangote first established the Dangote Group in May 1981 as a trading business with an initial focus on cement. By the early 1990s the group had grown into one of the largest trading conglomerates operating in Nigeria.
The firm now manufactures a number of branded food and drink products, including pasta, noodles, fish, milk, salt, sugar and flour.