Isabel dos Santos (Net worth: $2.3 B)
Being the only woman in the top 10, dos Santos is the richest woman in Africa.
Isabel dos Santos is the oldest daughter of Angola’s longtime former president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who stepped down in fall 2017. According to Forbes, while Isabel’s father was president, she ended up with stakes in Angolan companies including banks and a telecom firm. Her father also made her head of Sonangol, Angola’s state oil firm. She owns shares of Portuguese companies, including telecom and cable TV firm Nos SGPS.
In March this year, she secured a fresh mandate as board member of Angola’s biggest telecommunications company.
