7. Folorunsho Alakija, $2.5 billion.jpg

7. Folorunsho Alakija, $2.5 billion

Description: Folorunsho Alakija, $2.5 billion

Nigerian, Oil


Nigeria’s first female billionaire is the founder of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian company that owns a substantial participating interest in OML 127, a lucrative oil block on the Agbami deep water oilfield in Nigeria. Alakija started off as a secretary in a Nigerian merchant bank in the 1970s, then quit her job to study fashion design in England. Upon her return, she founded a Nigerian fashion label that catered to upscale clientele, including Maryam Babangida, wife to Nigeria’s former military president Ibrahim Babangida.

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Fertymor
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14-04-2014 06:49 PM
Waaaaaaw... NICE ONE, AM HAPPY FOR HER

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