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Photo Caption: From Left; Managing Director, CCECC Nigeria Ltd., Michael Jiang; Group President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, and Group Managing Director, Dangote Cement Plc, Engr. Joseph Makoju.

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Three weeks after the UBA group launched its operations in Mali, the global financial city of London hosted a high level gathering of business and public sector leaders on Thursday February 28, 2019, as the new UBA franchise, UBA UK was formally birthed in the United Kingdom amidst high expectations. At the upscale ceremony which held at The Prestigious Shard …

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Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, says the conglomerate’s revenue base will hit $30 billion by 2020 — a feat he would have considered impossible 10 years ago. Speaking at the first ever Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in Johannesburg, South Africa, the multibillionaire said five men built America and those five do not include President Donald Trump. He added that Africa …

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Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, and his conglomerate, the Dangote Group, have been reported to be responsible for over 10 percent of Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP). The report, published by TIME Magazine, says Aliko Dangote is currently worth $14.1 billion, but his company’s investment is responsible for much more than his net worth. According to the World Bank, Nigeria’s …

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The philanthropist gesture of the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, was recognised and highlighted by Richtopia, a United Kingdom-based digital periodical that covers business, economic and financial news on Wednesday, as the richest man in Africa was named the sixth most charitable man in the world. Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and J.K Rowlings occupied the first three positions, …

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Dangote Group has assured the Niger State Government of its resolve to increase its investment in the state as a way to create employment opportunity for the youths, which will ultimately lead to real growth and economic development of the state. Dangote’s Group Executive Director, Eng. Ahmed Mansur who represented the President of the Group, Aliko Dangote at the ongoing …

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The construction of the 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day Dangote Refinery is expected to help Nigeria save over $7.5 billion through import substitution.   The project, will put Nigeria on the global map as major oil and gas hub in Africa, the Group Executive Director, Devakumar Edwin has hinted.   Nigeria currently import large amount of its petroleum …

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The President, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has arranged more than $4.5bn in debt financing for his crude oil refinery project and aims to start production in early 2020. Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is building a refinery with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day to help reduce Nigeria’s dependence on imported petroleum products. He was quoted by Reuters as saying that …

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Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote has been ranked among 75 most powerful persons on the planet, ahead of the Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence. According to the Forbe’s latest 2018 ranking of the World Powerful people, Dangote ranked among world leaders like Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, Vladimir Putin the Russian President and Donald Trump, …

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Buoyed by rising stock markets and commodity prices, Africa’s billionaires are collectively wealthier than a year ago. The 23 billionaires that Forbes found in Africa – up from 21 billionaires last year — are worth a combined $75.4 billion, compared to $70 billion in January 2017. The richest African, for the seventh year in a row, is Nigerian cement and …

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