Global pop star turned billionaire businesswoman Rihanna has announced plans to open her new skincare and beauty products line in eight African countries. Unfortunately, Uganda is not among these countries.

“I have been waiting for this moment. Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin are finally dropping in Africa. Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe we are coming at you on May 27,” Rihanna announced on her Twitter platform.

Rihanna’s beauty company is known for its broad range of 50 skin tones, including dark shades products, which were rare when it launched in 2017. This made it a leader in the industry something that made Rihanna super-rich to rank second behind American media mogul Oprah Winfrey as the richest female entertainer according to Forbes.

Also according to Forbes, the beauty product empire generated more than $550 million in revenue in 2020.

Forbes in the latest list of international billionaires, released by the US business magazine in April, ranked the singer at 1,729.

The 36-year-old, who is currently expecting her first child, is also Barbados’ first billionaire