Folorunsho Alakija
Nigeria’s first female billionaire and founder of Famfa Oil has, through her Rose of Sharon Foundation, given grants to needy widows and orphans to ease some of their challenges. With a net worth of $1.1 billion, Akalija, in 2016, donated a $2.7 million building to the Ajayi Crowther University, in Oyo, Nigeria. In April 2017, she donated $700,000 to the University of Osun and has started building a pediatric hospital for the same institution, according to Forbes.
