AFRICA RICHEST COMPANIES

World	Company, Country, Industry	Market Value ($ Billions)
Rank
223	Standard Bank Group	9.89
	South Africa
	Banking
305	Sasol	15.98
	South Africa
	Oil & Gas Operations
332	FirstRand	6.76
	South Africa
	Banking
382	MTN Group	15.97
	South Africa
	Telecommunications Services
772	Impala Platinum Holdings	7.46
	South Africa
	Materials
785	Orascom Construction Inds	4.16
	Egypt
	Construction
786	Telkom	5.14
	South Africa
	Telecommunications Services
794	Investec	1.96
	United Kingdom/South Africa
	Diversified Financials
846	Orascom Telecom	3.15
	Egypt
	Telecommunications Services
976	Attijariwafa Bank	5.44
	Morocco
	Banking
1035	Royal Caribbean	1.28
	Liberia
	Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
1097	Gold Fields	6.8
	South Africa
	Materials
1102	Bidvest Group	2.75
	South Africa
	Conglomerates
1142	Sanlam	3.41
	South Africa
	Insurance
1220	Remgro	2.9
	South Africa
	Conglomerates
1240	Naspers	6.19
	South Africa
	Media
1375	First Bank of Nigeria	2.89
	Nigeria
	Banking
1384	Telecom Egypt	4.51
	Egypt
	Telecommunications Services
1408	AngloGold Ashanti	10.48
	South Africa
	Materials
1429	BMCE-Banque Marocaine	4.54
	Morocco
	Banking
1461	Steinhoff Intl Holdings	1.53
	South Africa
	Consumer Durables
1560	United Bank for Africa	1.43
	Nigeria
	Banking
1664	ARM-African Rainbow Minerals	2.38
	South Africa
	Materials
1707	Mondi
	United Kingdom/South Africa	0.97
	Materials
1740	RMB Holdings	2.32
	South Africa
	Diversified Financials
1749	Shoprite Holdings	2.7
	South Africa
	Food Markets
1798	Intercontinental Bank	0.88
	Nigeria
	Banking
1913	ONA Group	2.75
	Morocco
	Food, Drink & Tobacco
1958	Harmony Gold Mining	5.1
	South Africa
	Materials

TOP EARNING AFRICAN FOOTBALLERS

--> -->1. Samuel Eto´o FC Barcelona £138,000 a week
Samuel Eto'o Fils, Cameroonian prolific goal getter who plays as a striker for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona since 2004.

2.Didier Drogba Chelsea FC £117,619 a week

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily, Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position for Chelsea.


3. Frederic Kanoute Sevilla FC £ 110,000 a week

Frédéric Oumar Kanouté Malian footballer, who currently plays for Sevilla in the Spanish Primera league

4. Michael Essien Chelsea FC £80,325 a week

Michael Kojo Essien, Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League.

5. Emmauel Adebayo - £80,000 a week

Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese football player, who currently plays for Arsenal

6.Mahamadou Diarra- £53,000 a week

Mahamadou Diarra Malian football defensive midfielder who plays for Real Madrid

7. Obafemi earns £ 50,000 a week

Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins, Nigerin footballer player who plays as a striker for Newcastle United, currently a Coca-Cola championship team.

8. Kanu - £45,000 a week

Popularly known as Papilo in the Nigerian circles, has won the UEFA champions league, UEFA cup, FA cup, Premier League and Olympic gold, which makes for an impressive record of accolades.

9.Mikel earns £40,000 a week

John Michael Nchekwube Obinna, Chelsea’s central midfielder and Nigerian International player, known for his controversial move to Chelsea at the expense of Manchester United.

10. Benni McCarthy £35,000 a week

Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy, South African footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in England. Has also played for FC Porto and Celta Vigo

TOP TEN AFRICAN ACTORS

1.Djimon Hounsou hails from The Republic of Benin, was a popular male model before he took up acting, he his the fourth African to be nominated for an oscar and has been nominated twice ( Blood Diamond and In America), best known for his role in the Steven Spelberg movie Amistard and also acted alonside Russel Crowe in the award winner movie Gladiators. He is dating Kimora Lee, owner of Baby Phat, they just had a baby.




2.Idris Elba an only child to a father from Sierra Leone and mother from Ghana, he is currently one of the most sought after black actors in Hollywood. He also acted with Beyonce in the hit movie Obsessed, also in American Gangster.



3.Arnold Vosloo, South African best known for his roles in the Mummy and The Mummy returns and was also in Blood Diamond.



4.Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Nigerian actor whose roles include Congo, The Bourne Indentity, The Mummy returns and the hit TV series OZ, he was in Get Rich or Die Tryin alongside 50 Cent was also in the TV show Lost as Mr Eko.



Omar Sharif birth name is Michel Demitri Chalhoub, he is a pioneering Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won a Golden Globe.




6.Chiwetel Ejiofor is another Nigerian that has made the list, he his best known for his role in the movie Four Brothers where he acted alongside Tyrese, Mark Wahlberg and hiphop superstar Andre Benjamin of the group Outcast, has acted alongside Denzel Washington in the movie American Gangster. and also acted alongside Djimon Hounsou in Amistard.




7.Bambadjan Bamba is originally from Cote D'Ivoire, was in the movie I think I love My Wife alongside Chris Rock. He was also in the popular TV shows Sopranos and Law & Order. He his refered to as the young Omar Epps.



8. Boris Kodjoe, is a Ghanian actor who has been building up a reputation mostly in TV shows, he was in shows such as Eve, All about Us and Madea Family Reunion.



9.David Oyelowo is a Nigerian actor best known for his role in the Last King of Scotland and also the popular TV show, The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency.





10. Joseph Olita is a Kenyan actor who is known for his very convincing role as Idi Amin, in the movie Rise and Fall of Idi Amin. He also acted with Denzel Washington in Mississippi Masala. He was in Sheena the Warrior Princess.

TOP TEN AFRICAN BEAUTIFUL WOMEN

1.Charlize Theron – South African, she is indubitably the most famous movie star to come out of Africa, an Oscar winner who was rated seventh in the Hollywood reporter’s 2006 list of highest paid actresses -->

2. Agbani Darego- Nigerain model and the first African to win the Miss World contest, currently a model.
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3. Tiguda- Malian model whose beauty has been featured in several magazines around the world. -->

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--> 4. Rhian Benson- Ghanaian soul and jazz singer, songwriter, and composer. 5. Honorine Uwera, Rwandese model, a true African beauty, she has a sinewy elegance that enhances the clothing that she wears --> -->

6. Miriam Chemmoss- Kenyan actress and model based in New York, who has excelled in theatre, singing and acting in the tough New York scene. -->

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7.Thandie Newton-Zimbabwe,An Hollywood Actress born in London, to a Zimbabwean health-care worker, and an English artist, best known for her role in mission impossible 2 with Tom Cruise. -->

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8. Alek Wek- Sudanese model, who is an inspirational model ,first appeared on the catwalks at the age of 19 in 1995, and is still a model to date. She was in the music video for "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner, and in Janet Jackson "Got 'Til It's Gone" music video. -->

--> 9. Genevieve Nnaji-Popular Nigerian actress who has acted in over 200 nollywood movies. -->

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10. Iman- Somalia- pioneering African model. --> -->