Pan-African magazine: Africa has 55 billionaires.

LAGOS, Nigeria -- A pan-African magazine says Africa has many more billionaires than previously reported, 55 of them worth more than $143 billion, including a Nigerian said to be the richest black woman in the world.

''Move over, Oprah!'' Ventures Africa says in its latest edition published this week.

Editor-in-chief Uzodinma Iweala said Tuesday the magazine's estimates are ''on the conservative side.''

The report predictably identifies Nigerian manufacturer Aliko Dangote as the richest...

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