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Aliko Dangote
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Alhaji Aliko Dangote GCON (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian business mogul and philanthropist who is the founder and chairman of Dangote Group, an industrial conglomerate in Africa
He has an estimated net worth of US$8.3billion (July 27, 2020), making him the 162nd wealthiest person in the world and the richest person in Africa.
Aliko Dangote, an ethnic Hausa Muslimfrom Kano, Kano State, was born on 10 April 1957 into a wealthy Muslim family,the son of Mohammed Dangote and Mariya Sanusi Dantata, herself the daughter of Sanusi Dantata.
He is the great-grandson of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, the richest West African at the time of his death in 1955.
Dangote was educated at the Sheikh Ali Kumasi Madrasa, followed by Capital High School, Kano.In 1978, he graduated from the Government College, Birnin Kudu.He received a bachelor's degree in business studies and administration from Al-Azhar University, Cairo.
The Dangote Group was established as a small trading firm in 1977, the same year Dangote relocated to Lagos to expand the company
Today, it is a multi trillion-naira conglomerate with many of its operations in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Togo.
Today, it is a multi trillion-naira conglomerate with many of its operations in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Togo.
Dangote has expanded to cover food processing, cement manufacturing, and freight. The Dangote Group also dominates the sugar market in Nigeria and is a major supplier to the country's soft drink companies, breweries, and confectioners.
