THE FUSE

Aliko Dangote started this year at $30.4 billion. He is ending the first week of June at $36.8 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of June 4, 2026. That is a gain of $6.8 billion in five months, a 22.7 percent increase that places him among the fastest-growing fortunes on the Bloomberg global ranking in 2026, not just in Africa but anywhere. The $40 billion threshold, which would have seemed speculative at the start of the year, is now a question of when rather than whether.