Aliko Dangote (52), the 463th richest man on the planet. Dangote’s career spans over various industries including trading in sugar, flour milling, salt processing, cement manufacturing, real estate and oil and gas. Net worth: $2.1 billion. Country: Nigeria.
Johann Rupert (59) & family, the 421st richest person in the world. Head of his family business, Swiss luxury group Richemont, Rupert also owns Remgro, a local investment holding company. Net worth $2.3 billion. Country: South Africa.
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 1) * Name: Mohammed Al Amoudi * Net Worth: 10 Billion * Origin: Ethiopia
Africa’s Billionaires (No. 10) Name: Mohammed Ibrahim Net Worth: 2.1 Billion Origin: Sudan
Naguib Sawiris (55), the 374th richest man in the world, heads up Orascom Telecom, one of largest mobile providers in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Eldest son of Onsi Sawiris (#3) and brother of Samih Sawiris (#8). Net worth: $2.5 billion. Country: Egypt.
Nassef Sawiris (48), 127th wealthiest man in the world; took over leadership of Orascom’s construction and fertiliser division in 1998. Youngest son of the Sawiris (#3). Net worth: $5.9 billion. Country: Egypt.
Nicky Oppenheimer & family (64), the 154th richest person in the world, heads of De Beers Diamond mines, the world’s largest diamond producer. Net worth: $5.0 billion. Country: South Africa. Africa’s Billionaires (No. 3)
Onsi Sawiris (80), the 307th richest man in the world and self-made billionaire is the founder of Egypt’s business empire, Orascom Construction Industries. Net worth: $3.1 billion. Country: Egypt.
Satellite navigation programs and the National Rail Enquiries service were among the most popular applications, or apps, downloaded on to iPhones and iPods in the UK this year.
Unveiling the year's top downloads, Oliver Schusser, senior director of iTunes Europe, said 2009 had been "the biggest year ever for us in terms of the number of songs downloaded", while apps had a "sensational" year, ahead of Apple's own...
"Our focus is always on the product: adding new features that will make it easier for people to discover all the content that we have and secondly get more content on the store in the first place," he said. The iTunes UK charts for 2009 reveal the top two apps in revenue terms were both satellite navigation systems:
CoPilot Live UK & Ireland at £26.99 and TomTom UK & Ireland at £59.99. The life simulation game The Sims 3 was second; National Rail Enquiries was fourth, while TomTom Western Europe took fifth place. The rest of the top 10 spots were taken by games and one more satnav app. Apple's apps store for the UK now has more than 100,000 apps.
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