Despite the ongoing economic crisis in Egypt, the Sawiris family, Africa’s wealthiest, has experienced an increase of $1.7 billion in their fortunes since March 10, 2023. Their total wealth stood at $12.4 billion, according to Forbes real-time estimates on February 6, 2024. Here are the continent’s richest families in 2024, and the evolution of their wealth since the release of Forbes' list of the World's Billionaires 2023.
