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Excitements as Dangote’s picture appears on the Nasdaq Tower, New York

Barely two days after being listed among 50 most influential people across the world, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has joined leading world business pundits whose photos momentarily appear on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square, New York. Globally,…

Dangote: Only African in Bloomberg 50 list of 2017 most influential people

Leading Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote was the only African honored last night at the Bloomberg 50 annual gala dinner at New York’s iconic Gotham Hall. Bloomberg’s list of 50 most influential names who have…

Dangote has grown to become pride of Africa, says Gov, Ganduje at Kano fair

Barley few days after President Muhammadu Buhari in far away Congo Brazzaville, during the commissioning of new Dangote Cement described the president of Dangote group as the champion of Africa’s industrial renaissance,  Kano State Governor, Dr. Umar Ganduje, at the…

CSR: Dangote flags off bridge, scholarship schemes worth $1.5m in Congo

Without waiting for investment breakthrough, Dangote Cement which commissioned its new plant in Congo on Thursday last week, announced Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects worth $1.5m for the country. In his address during the unveiling, President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote,…

Like rice, importers, smugglers killing FG’s tomato policy—Industry experts

Chances of Nigeria achieving backward integration in Tomato production may have to wait for long time considering the activities of importers and smugglers upon the prevailing government’s tomato policy. The policy to drive backward integration came in place about six…

Why Dangote offloaded noodle plants to rival for N3.75bn

A clear reason has been adduced by the core investor in Dangote group, Aliko Dangote on why his group sold a unit of Dangote Flour Mills, Dangote Noodles Limited, to rival pasta maker, De United Foods Industries, for N3.75bn ($12.26m)….

Work on Apapa-Oworonshoki highway to begin soon—Dangote

—Says on completion, over N10bn will be saved yearly President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has given assurance that work will effectively begin on the Apapa-Oworonshoki expressway very soon. He hinted that on delivery, the over N10bn lost annually to…

Dangote dolls out N.5billion to victims of Kano market inferno

President of Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote has made good his promise and donated the sum of N500m to rehabilitate over one thousand hitherto dejected traders affected by the Kano Market fire disasters few months ago. The donation which came through…

Why Dangote, others invested in 540MW Qua Iboe Power Plant

More details have emerged as to why leading industrialist and purposeful investor, Aliko Dangote joined Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Black Rhino Group, an African energy infrastructure company, to ink the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) deal with the Nigerian…

Dangote, others task AfroChampions to focus on job creation

As part of new drive in Africa to attain its desired goal in real growth and development, prominent African leaders, entrepreneurs across the continent have been called upon to work effectively towards integrating their economies to enable free trade among…