Nigeria's Dangote, Egyptian President Listed Amongst 2016 World’s Most Powerful People

 

Two Africans made Forbes international’s list of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’ for the year 2016. Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote was listed along with Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi.

Both men rose up the ladder from the 2015 ranking, El Sisi was ranked 44th most powerful person in the world and Dangote also notched three steps up from his 2015 position of 71st to end this year at 68 spot. El Sisi beat the likes of incumbent US president Barrack Obama (48th), Michael Bloomberg (55th) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdigan (56th). Dangote also beat incoming vice-president of the US, Mike Pence.

Top 10 Forbes The World’s Most Powerful People

1. Vladimir Putin – Russian President
2. Donald Trump – President-elect of the United States
3. Angela Merkel – German Chancellor
4. Xi Jinping – Chinese President
5. Pope Francis – Leader of the Roman Catholic Church
6. Janet Yellen – Chair of the US Federal Reserve
7. Bill Gates – Founder and CEO of Microsoft
8. Larry Page – CEO of Alphabet
9. Narendra Modi – Indian Prime Minister
10. Mark Zuckerberg – Founder and CEO of Facebook