10 highest Paid Presidents in africa

List of highest paid presidents in Africa

10. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda ($85,000 annually)

Paul Kagame is the president of Rwanda. His annual income is $85,000. According to many people in Rwanda, the president deserves his earnings because the nation is making economic progress under his presidency.    

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9. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia ($90,000 annually)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the president of Liberia. She is Africa's first female head of state. this 76-year-old Nobel laureate earns $90,000 annually. she is dogged by accusation of corruption, nepotism and failing the nation's poor.

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 8.  Alassane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast ($100,000 annually)

Alassane Quattara is the fifth President of Ivory Coast. He has been President since 2011. His annual income is $100,000. He is an economist by profession.

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7. Ali Zeidan, ex-Prime Minister of Libya ($105,000 annually)

Ali Zeidan is a former Prime Minister of Libya. His annual income was $105,000. He was ousted by the Parliament committee and fled from Libya on March 14 2014 

6.  Hifikepunye Pohamba Ex-President of Namibia ($110,000 per year)

Hifikepunye Pohamba has been the President of Namibia since March 2005. His annual income is $110,000. In the year 2009, the President and all other political tax bearers got a 25% salary hike

5. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of Rep. Congo ($110,000 annually)

Denis sassou Nguesso has been the president of the Republic of the Congo since 1997. Global witness recently reported that one month of personal consumption spending by Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, son of the President, Could have paid for vaccinations against measles for 80,000 Congolese babies. The President earns $110,000 annually.

4. Ikililou Dhoinie, President of Comoros ($115, 000 per year)

Ikililou Dhoinine has been the President of Comoros since 2011. He earns $115,000 annually. at his inauguration, he pledge to stop corruption. Dhoinine is a pharmacist by training. Comoros is one of the smallest country in Africa.    

3. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya ($132,000 annually)

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is the fourth and current President of Kenya. He assumed office on April 9 2013. Kenyatta's earns $132 annually. He led by example in 2014 by taking a pay cut. His basic salary of $14,000 per month was reduced to $11,000

2   Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria ($ 168,000 annually)

Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been the fifth president of Algeria since 1999. The annual salary of the president of Algeria is around $168,000

1. Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa ($ 272,000 annually)

Jacob Zuma's annual income is a whopping $272,000. he is the highest paid African president and among the world's top 10. In 2012 he approved a 5.5% salary increase for top public servants.