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Dangote gained over $5B in 22 days as Bloomberg mentions his actual net worth

The year 2024 has started on a bright note for Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian billionaire and the richest black person in the world. Last year, he lost his coveted slot as the richest person in Africa to...

Dangote refinery to generate $27 billion annual revenue as production will finally start after delays

Africa’s largest oil refinery, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, and Petrochemicals Plant, is undoubtedly a game changer in the history of industrialization in Africa. As previously reported by Face2Face...

Dangote is the only African on the list of Richest Billionaires in Manufacturing Industry

Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote has been ranked as the 9th richest manufacturing billionaire in the world with a net worth of $10.5 billion, according to CEO World Magazine. Dangote is the only African on...

Dangote Group offers scholarships to 60 Nigerian students

The wealthiest Black man, Aliko Dangote, through his company, Dangote Granite Mines, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, has awarded scholarships to 60 Nigerian students in secondary and higher institutions...

Five richest Nigerian entrepreneurs you should know about besides Dangote

Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and holds the enviable position of having the richest black man in the world, Aliko Dangote. For more than a decade, Dangote has held the top spot as Africa’s...

Aliko Dangote partners with Bill Gates to boost healthcare in Nigeria

Two of the world’s billionaires and leading investors, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates, are teaming up to boost healthcare in Nigeria. This was announced during the recent visit of the American...

6 things to know about Johann Rupert, the South African billionaire who just dethroned Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest man

For over a decade, Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote, has maintained the top spot as Africa’s richest man. However, the Nigerian business mogul has lost the top spot to South Africa’s Johann...

Forbes billionaire list Africa: Dangote loses top spot after more than a decade

South African billionaire Johann Rupert has displaced Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote on Forbes’ real-time Global Billionaires List. The list pegs Rupert’s net worth at $11.9 billion and Dangote’s...

Aliko Dangote might soon earn higher revenue than Ghana’s GDP

Aliko Dangote, the wealthiest Black man in the world and Chairman of Dangote Group, recently disclosed that he is setting up all his factories to work at full capacity – a move that will increase...

Aliko Dangote Foundation supports stranded Nigerians in Sudan

The charitable foundation of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, the Aliko Dangote Foundation has pledged to participate fully in the evacuation and resettlement of many Nigerians stranded in Sudan....

How Africa’a richest man Aliko Dangote got $1.5B richer in November

In November 2022, one of the wealthiest individuals in Africa experienced a net worth increase of $1.5 billion, following a significant $200 million gain in October. Aliko Dangote is the 81st-richest man...

Nigerian’s Aliko Dangote is 74th Richest Billionaire in the World

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has re-emerged as the world’s 74th richest man on earth. Dangote’s latest ranking is an improvement in recent weeks after losing out several weeks ago. The...

This university has been renamed after Dangote

In Nigeria, the Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, will now be called Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUST), Wudil. This follows recommendations by the...

Dangote: Africa’s richest man begins assembling cars in Nigeria

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has started assembling vehicles in Nigeria under the brand name Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN). Business Insider reports that the assembling...

Dangote: Africa’s richest man sees wealth jump $1.3 billion in January

Aliko Dangote saw his wealth grow by $1.3 billion in January, putting his fortune at $20.4 billion, nearly the GDP of Senegal ($24.9 billion). The growth of his wealth comes on the back of a surge in the...

From working with Dangote to launching Zambia’s first instant-noodle brand, meet Monica Musonda

Monica Musonda worked for Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, for 15 years. The Zambian-born lawyer served as the director of legal and corporate affairs at Dangote Group, where she oversaw the...

Did you know Dangote flew in two Benin ministers on a private jet for border talks with Nigeria?

It has come to light that Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote gave a private jet to two Beninese ministers of state for an event in Nigeria. The private jet was to facilitate the movement of the ministers,...

After nine years, Dangote is still Africa’s richest man; check who’s in the top 10

Aliko Dangote of Nigeria has been declared as Africa’s richest man for the ninth consecutive year. The latest world’s billionaires ranking by Forbes puts Dangote’s worth at $10.1 billion....

Meet Adenike Fajemirokun, the first female executive director of Dangote Group

Since it started operations in 1978, Dangote Industries Limited, has not had a female occupying a high position in the company. Adenike Fajemirokun becomes the first female to be appointed Group Executive...

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote ends 2019 $4.3 billion richer

Nigerian business mogul Aliko Dangote consolidated his place as Africa’s richest man, according to Bloomberg, after finishing 2019 with $4.3 billion more in wealth. Dangote’s fortune was boosted...