Africa biggest companies - Forbes

Forbes (www.forbes.com) has published a list of the world's US$ billionaires and the 2000 biggest companies in the world. Here's how Africa fares:

US$ Billionaires
    Global rank___Name_______________                Country______Worth (billion US$)
1.  __62_______Naguib Sawiris________                 Egypt_______                        10

2. __158______Onsi Sawiris______________          Egypt_______                        5
3. __158______Nicky Oppenheimer & family_         South Africa__           5
4. __194______Johann Rupert & family____            South Africa__           4.3
5. __226______Nassef Sawiris____________          Egypt_______                        3.9
6. __432______Donald Gordon___________           South Africa__           2.2
7. __664______Samih Sawiris_____________         Egypt______              1.5

Biggest Companies
1. ___ 316 Standard Bank Group.. South Africa.. Banking
2. ___ 333 FirstRand ..South Africa.. Banking
3. ___ 474 Sasol.. South Africa.. Oil & Gas Operations
4. ___ 554 Sanlam.. South Africa.. Insurance
5. ___ 656 Telkom.. South Africa.. Telecommunications Services
6. ___ 705 MTN Group.. South Africa.. Telecommunications Services
7. ___ 1023 Remgro.. South Africa.. Conglomerates
8. ___ 1115 Bidvest Group.. South Africa.. Conglomerates
9. ___ 1190 Impala Platinum Holdings.. South Africa.. Materials
10. __ 1273 Imperial Holdings.. South Africa.. Transportation
11. __ 1433 Naspers.. South Africa.. Media
12. __ 1443 Barloworld.. South Africa.. Conglomerates
13. __ 1702 Steinhoff Intl Holdings.. South Africa.. Consumer Durables
14. __ 1748 Alexander Forbes.. South Africa.. Insurance
15. __ 1765 Gold Fields.. South Africa.. Materials
16. __ 1837 Metropolitan Holdings.. South Africa.. Insurance
17. __ 803 Royal Caribbean.. Liberia.. Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
18. __ 1508 Attijariwafa Bank.. Morocco.. Banking
19. __ 957 Orascom Telecom.. Egypt.. Telecommunications Services
20. __ 1560 Orascom Construction Inds.. Egypt.. Construction
21. __ 1763 Telecom Egypt.. Egypt.. Telecommunications Services