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Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is now 51st richest man in the world with net worth of $15.4bn as at January, 2016, according to renowned international journal, Forbes.
Last year, Dangote was ranked 37th richest in the world with a net worth of $25 billion.
Bill Gates topped the list for the 17th time in 22 years, with net worth of $75billion, which has put him in the top spot of the list of Forbes' World Billionaires for the third year in a row, after overcoming Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu in 2014.
Here are the list of 20 most richest people in the world:
1. Bill Gates ($75bn)
2. Amancio Ortega ($67bn)
3. Warren Buffett ($60.8bn)
4. Carlos Slim Helú ($50bn)
5. Jeff Bezos ($45bn)
6. Mark Zuckerberg ($44.6bn)
7. lary Ellison ($43.6b)
8. Michael Blomberg ($40bn)
9. Charles Koch ($39,6bn) and
10. David Koch ($39.6bn)
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