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Dangote plans bill to make PSO give 1% of all profits to fund health

Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation and Africa’s biggest philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, has urged all Private Sector Operators’ (PSO) to commit one per cent of their profits to fund the health sector challenges in Nigeria, to enable the country tackle crisis like…

CACovid donates N1.4bn medics, additional 26,400 test kits to boost testing in Nigeria

The private sector-led Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has donated N1.4 billion worth of medical supplies and additional 26,400 test kits sufficient to set up six fully functional COVID-19 medical laboratories in the fight against the pandemic. Presenting the test kits…

African international airlines on losing streak as China trips drop

…Dangote, W’Bank swell support to fight COVID-19 scare Prolonging time of major cities lockdown in China has started taking tolls on the traffic of all African international airlines that make their huge profits from Africa-China traffic. Otherwise, since the outbreak…

Dangote votes $20m for African Center to change continental narratives

As part of his drive to cause positive change on the battered African policy, business and culture narratives in the global community, Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote has made a philanthropic donation of $20 million to The Africa Center…

Dangote, Imouhkuede unveil Africa Business Coalition for Health in Africa

… Gets endorsement from African Heads of State Fresh platform designed to bring together business leaders in Africa to collaborate with heads of government and other stakeholders to tackle basic health challenges in Africa has been launched in Addis Ababa,…

Dangote Foundation, UNECA, GBCHealth partner to drive Better Health in Africa

Top African leaders including Heads of States, Ministers, CEOs as well as representatives from the African Union and United Nations will converge at the inaugural Africa Business: Health Forum (AB:HF) taking place in Ethiopia on 12th February 2019 on the…

Dangote builds, donates N100mn mosque to Muslim Women in Abuja

In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) drive, the Aliko Dangote Foundation has completed a mosque valued at over N100 million and handed it over to the Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in Abuja. The feat…