Government needs to change its politics – Dangote
PRESIDENT of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has vowed to crash the price of fertilizer before the end of next year, in order to boost agricultural production and guarantee food security in the country.
11 Nigerian firms make Africa’s top 100
Other Nigerian brands that made the list in the top 10 category included Dangote, 6; Globacom, 8; Guarantee Trust Bank, GTB, 14; United Bank for Africa, UBA, 16; Zenith Bank, 19 and First Bank, Intercontinental Bank, 20 among others.
With 20 billionaires Nigeria tops Africa billionaires list
There are far more African billionaires than previously thought, Ventures magazine said Monday in a report on the continent’s mega-rich, but the number of Africans living in extreme poverty has also shot up.
Dangote, richest African in the world
THE Forbes Magazine has declared Aliko Dangote as the world’s richest African in the world, just as the world’s richest black woman, Folorunsho Alakija, is conspicuously missing in the magazine ranking of the 21 richest Nigerians.
Inside the $9 billion Dangote petroleum refinery
Aliko Dangote is a business juggernaut whose middle name is entrepreneur. He is never dissuaded from entering new businesses despite the general inclement operating business environment. Given his foray into many different business terrains and the successes he has recorded thereof, it would appear he has the uncanny ability to juggle different balls at the same time and get results.
Dangote refinery to employ 8,000 engineers, create jobs for 85,000 Nigerians
The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said about 8,000 engineers would be needed for the smooth take off of the nine- billion- dollar Dangote Refinery/Fertiliser plant in Ondo.
