Friday, 30 November 2012

Exclusive: Meet Africa’s Richest Woman – Mrs Folorunsho Alakija


Meet the richest woman in Africa, a Nigerian Oil Billionaire Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija. She started as a secretary at an investment bank in the 1970s, launched a fashion label
for upscale clientele in the 1980s and her Famfa Oil company was awarded an oil prospecting license in 1993. Famfa Oil owns part of the prolific deepwater Agbami field in Nigeria's Niger Delta.

Alakija's fortune is estimated at $600 million(94 Billion Naira) making her the richest woman in Africa.

The former fashion designer is now a billionaire who makes approximately 157 Million Naira daily in her oil business empire. Mrs Folorunsho Alakija is a happily married mother of four children.
She is the President and founder of Rose Of Sharon Foundation, ROSF, a private non profit organization that caters for the needs of widows and orphans in Nigeria.

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