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Dangote Cement increases scholarship slots for Ogun State host community, Ibeshe

Leading African cement merchant, Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese Plant, has announced a multi-million naira educational scholarship award for 115 students from its 15 host communities for the 2017/2018 academic session. In a statement, the company said the scholarship had become…

Setting up of buying centres, lapidaries’ll boost solid mineral sector—Dangote

Leading industrialist and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has called on the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development to consider the establishment of mineral buying centres and lapidaries to boost investments in the sector. In his presentation at the…

Dangote, Elumelu at Davos, call for multilateral support for African entrepreneurs

Leading African richest man, investor and industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and his compatriot, Mr. Tony Elumelu who doubles as the chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), have stressed called for more realistic…

Dangote championing industrial renaissance in Africa—Buhari

President Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday in the city of Mfila, Congo Brazzaville, described Chairman of Dangote Cement, Alhaji Aliko Dangote as a worthy investment ambassadors of Nigeria and continental champion in driving African industrial renaissance. In his remarks at the…

Diversification the success secret of Dangote group—Dangote reveals

After decades of business expansion from one sector to another, the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has opened up on the core secret of his conglomerate. Speaking at the during the Group’s Special Day at the just concluded…

Dangote reveals how backward integration did magic in his empire

Leading industrialist and President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has linked his blossoming success stories in commodity and manufacturing spaces to the strategy of backward integration. In his presentation at a public conversation during the Financial Times’ 4th Annual Africa…

Dangote plans five-year $4.6b investment in agriculture

President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has given an indication of fresh $4.6 billion dollars investment in Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The emerging investment scheme will run for five years. Whereas the key areas of the investment will include sugar,…

Nations working to snatch TB Joshua from Nigeria, says Liberian best farmer

Testimony galores have started emerging for agro investors across the world who keyed into the prophesy of TB Joshua few years ago. Prophet TB Joshua is the founder and leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), operators of…

Dangote sees Nigeria, Africa as emerging global food basket

Considering the clear federal government agro policy which has been embraced by every state and private sector investors since the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari administration, leading industrialist and president of Dangote group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has professed that “Africa…

Why Dangote yielded to FG’s 10-year tax free deal to deliver Apapa-Oshodi on concrete

More details have emerged on why leading African industrialist and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote agreed with the federal government to reconstruct the Apapa to Oworonshoki Expressway in Lagos using concrete and not asphalt. A top official of…