Abdul Samad Rabiu

Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. As of 2026, he is one of the richest Africans with an estimated net worth of over US$14 billion according to Forbes & Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His late father, Isyaku Rabiu, was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture producing a revenue in excess of $2.6 billion. He is also the Chairman of the publicly listed BUA Cement Plc and BUA Foods. He is a former chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry (BOI).