Mansa Musa’s net worth is estimated to be around $400 billion in 2025, making him the richest person in history.
Adjusting for inflation, his wealth is considered to be worth approximately $400 billion, which surpasses the net worth of modern billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault.
Some experts suggest that his fortune was so vast that it is impossible to calculate accurately.
His wealth came from the Mali Empire’s gold, salt, and trade, with gold being a significant component of his riches.
The exact value of his wealth is difficult to determine due to the challenges of comparing historical wealth across different societies.
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What gold mining technics did Mans Musa use in the 13th century that e.g Migori or other places in .ke/.ug people can’t use to mine gold today ?
Gold mining isn’t exactly high tech. Same simple techniques from back then can be used now.
Panning in rivers and digging. And technologies used now just make those things easier.
Also, ancient empires had armies of slave labourers and traded for gold.
It not a good thing that fully grown Kenyans don’t even suspect that the reasons most African former colonies with valuable minerals don’t get get the full benefit of their minerals, is because of the mining law left in place by the departing colonialists, which are maintained by the corrupt created local African elite.
Mansa Musa left most of his wealth on his pilgrimage journeys to Mecca (Hajj) where he distributed gold generously. He built mosques, including the famous Djinguereber Mosque. He made a major impact in the Islamic world.
Foreign religions and colonialism are the two equal vices that have visited the continent in the last 2000 years.
Why does Africa not have its indigenous religion?
Why does Africa not have home-grown prophets?
Why does Africa not have its spiritual guidance framework?
Why does Africa not have amplification of its Priesthood, Spiritual teachers and leaders?
Finally, why does Africa not have its prophetic voices? arising from within herself and indigenous traditions rooted in the African soil!
The Arab historian and philosopher Ibn Khaldun wrote about Mansa Musa in his work “Muqaddimah,” where he discussed the wealth and influence of the Mali Empire during Musa’s reign.
The historian Al-Umari, documented Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca and described the wealth and splendour of the Mali Empire in the 1330s.
Ibn Battuta’s, in his work: “Rihla” (The Journey) wrote his observations about Mali from 1325 to 1354.
No, the problem is cultural incompetence. when the culture is incompetence, everything else goes wrong. Japan has not succeeded because of good leadership but because of its superior culture. same with south korea and china. Our cultures are too incompetent to handle western capitalism and its sibling known as democracy.
