The president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as the richest person in Africa with a net worth of $13.9 billion, according to the 2024 Forbes list of 20 of Africa’s Richest billionaires. While Dangote retained the top spot, his ally, Femi Otedola, who is Chairman of Geregu Power Plc, ranked among […]
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Only two countries in Africa do not import oil – Dangote
There are 54 countries in Africa. More than 20 produce oil, and five of these countries are part of the world’s 30 oil-producing countries. However, only two countries in Africa do not import oil. In 2019 Africa accounted for more than 7.9 million barrels per day, which is about 9.6 per cent of global output. […]
See the list of the richest people in Africa in 2023 (LIST)
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, whose fortune dropped $400 million to $13.5 billion over the past year has emerged as the richest person in Africa for the 12th year in a row. South African luxury goods magnate Johann Rupert place second in consecutive years, despite falling $300 million to $10.7 billion while Metals and Mining magnate […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote makes his biggest bet yet
Aliko Dangote plans to spend $15 billion on a project that – if successful – could revolutionise Nigeria’s economy. On a peninsula east of Lagos, 30,000 workers are employed on a project that holds out the promise of transforming Nigeria’s economic fortunes. It’s here that Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, plans to spend more than […]
Akufo-Addo, Dangote, Anas named among top 50 African Disruptors for 2020
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made it to the list of the top 50 personalities on the African continent who are daring to be different and causing change. He has been captured as one of the Top 50 African Disruptors for 2020. Making the list alongside the President is Nigerian Business Magnate, Aliko Dangote of […]
Meet the woman who declined to marry Aliko Dangote 11 years ago
Nafisat Yar Adua is the daughter of late Nigerian President, Omaru Musa Yar Adua and is currently married a former governor of Bauchi State named Isa Yugudu. Nafisat accepted to marry the former governor as a fourth wife. This was after she declined the marriage proposal of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote in 2009. BestNewsGH.com […]
Coronavirus hits Dangote hard as he loses N240 billion in just five hours
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has reportedly suffered a huge loss of N240 billion in five hours due to coronavirus on Wednesday March 11, 2020. The ‘Dangote Group’ suffered huge losses just after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared coronavirus a pandemic (spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time) which orignated […]
Nigeria: Dangote donates N200m to fight Coronavirus
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) yesterday pledged a whooping sum of N200million to support current effort of the Nigerian government towards curbing the spread of Corona Virus or Covid-19 in the country. ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a corporate organization in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus since Nigeria […]
Aliko Dangote now owns World’s largest crude distillation equipment
The world’s largest crude distillation column equipment designed for crude oil processing for Dangote Refinery has arrived in Lagos on Sunday, 1 December 2019. The Crude Distillation Column is the largest in terms of distilling capacity which is 650 thousand barrels per stream day. The equipment weighs 2250MT excluding the weight of the internal trays, […]
How I cemented my friendship with Aliko Dangote-Bill Gates
Have you ever met someone new and immediately felt like you could talk to them for hours? That happened the first time I met Aliko Dangote. A couple years ago, he and I ended up going to the same event in New York. A mutual friend suggested that I meet him because he knew we […]
I hope to give out a large part of my wealth to charity like Bill Gates-Dangote
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has revealed that he plans to give out a large part of his wealth to charity just like Microsoft founder, Bill Gates. In his speech at the 2019 Goalkeepers’ event hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in New York on Wednesday September 24, Dangote expressed delight in Bill […]
Young rich nigga Shatta Bandle reveals how he lost his teeth
Shatta Bandle, the diminutive internet sensation who claims to be richer than Africa’s richest Man, Aliko Dangote has revealed how he lost his front teeth. The young rich nigga as he calls himself averred that he lost his teeth in a very fatal accident during which he almost lost his life. According to him, the […]