List of the largest companies in Africa
The Largest Companies in Africa list includes the largest publicly traded companies in Africa published by Forbes Magazine on the Forbes Global 2000 list .
The ranking of the annual list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net profit , assets and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories were added together to form a rank. The table also shows the headquarters , the number of employees and the industry . The figures are in billion US dollars and relate to the 2016 financial year , for the market value to the stock exchange price in May 2017.
It should also be noted that Forbes Magazine's list actually only includes publicly traded companies. For example, the Algerian state-owned oil and gas company Sonatrach had sales of USD 76.1 billion in 2012, many times the top-selling company on this list.
| Forbes 2000 |
Surname |
Headquarters |
Revenue ($ billion) |
Profit ($ billion) |
Employee | Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421. | Standard bank |
 South Africa
|
8.61 | 1.50 | 54,767 | Banks |
| 423. | FirstRand |
South Africa
|
8.39 | 1.7 | 45,100 | Banks |
| 539 | Sasol |
South Africa
|
11.80 | 1.0 | 30,100 | oil and gas |
| 655. | Naspers |
South Africa
|
5.93 | 1.0 | 27,429 | media |
| 838. | Sanlam |
South Africa
|
5.81 | 0.7 | 15,856 | Insurance |
| 1020. | MTN Group |
South Africa
|
10.07 | −0.2 | 19,989 | telecommunications |
| 1182. | Attijariwafa Bank |
 Morocco
|
3.33 | 0.5 | 8,236 | Banks |
| 1454. | Shoprite Holdings |
South Africa
|
9.45 | 0.3 | 137,775 | food |
| 1500. | Dangote Cement |
 Nigeria
|
2.37 | 0.7 | 15,315 | construction materials |
| 1699. | Commercial International Bank |
 Egypt
|
2.23 | 0.6 | 6,422 | Banks |
| 1786. | Remgro |
South Africa
|
1.90 | 0.5 | 22.603 | Conglomerates |
| 1802. | Zenith bench |
Nigeria
|
2.06 | 0.5 | 7.120 | Banks |
| 1807. | Banque Centrale Populaire |
Morocco
|
2.42 | 0.3 | 7,620 | Banks |
| 1829. | Bidvest Group |
South Africa
|
9.43 | 0.3 | 24,064 | Conglomerates |
| 1944. | BMCE Bank |
Morocco
|
1.95 | 0.2 | 6,031 | Banks |
| Telkom |
South Africa
|
6.93 | 0.98 | telecommunications | ||
| Investec Bank |
South Africa
|
6.06 | 0.78 | Banks | ||
| Impala Platinum Holdings |
South Africa
|
4.81 | 2.25 | Mining | ||
| OCI NV |
Egypt
|
2.42 | 11.83 | Construction | ||
| Global Telecom Holding |
Egypt
|
4.83 | 2.08 | telecommunications | ||
| Gold Fields |
South Africa
|
2.94 | 0.57 | Mining | ||
| First Bank of Nigeria |
Nigeria
|
1.29 | 0.31 | Banks | ||
| Telecom Egypt |
Egypt
|
1.80 | 0.43 | telecommunications | ||
| Anglogold Ashanti |
South Africa
|
3.18 | −1.72 | Mining | ||
| Steinhoff |
South Africa
|
5.76 | 0.42 | Furniture industry | ||
| United Bank of Nigeria |
Nigeria
|
1.44 | 0.35 | Banks | ||
| African Rainbow Minerals |
South Africa
|
1.61 | 0.57 | Mining | ||
| Mondi Group |
South Africa
|
7.39 | −0.25 | Paper industry | ||
| RMB Holdings |
South Africa
|
0.77 | 0.53 | Financial service providers | ||
| Intercontinental Bank |
Nigeria
|
1.48 | 0.29 | Banks | ||
| Omnium Nord Africain |
Morocco
|
4.26 | 0.22 | food | ||
| Harmony gold |
South Africa
|
1.18 | −0.03 | Mining |