Meet the wealthy but simple Nigerian merchant behind Dangote’s success story
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s great grandfather, Alhassan Dantata was a trader from Northern Nigeria who traded mainly in kola nuts and groundnuts.
His distribution pool extended far into Europe and at the time of his death, he was the richest man in West Africa. But what exactly was the story behind Alhassan Dantata?
