Not often do you see the President of Nigeria, the Senate President and the richest African attend a wedding with not less than 22 governors. The wedding of Idris Ajimobi and Fatima Ganduje is one of the rare weddings that bring men of this calibre together. The couple are children of the governors of Kano […]
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Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has revealed the secret of his business success: self-sufficiency and backward integration, a manufacturing strategy that extracts value from entire processes. “We are not going to import anything any longer,” Dangote said, in the presence of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Congolese presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi, and about 300 business leaders. He […]
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Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says Aliko Dangote, may become the largest exporter of rice in the world by 2021. Speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Morocco over the weekend, Adesina said Africa must focus on agriculture to drive growth and create jobs on the continent. “I remember when I […]
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Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch in Sokoto. Sokoto state it’s multi-million naira 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities for the rural communities inhabitants. President of the Group, Aliko Dangote disclosed at the weekend that the Company will on Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingDangote Foundation says it has donated food items and relief materials worth N1.3 billion to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees in the North-East within the past five months. Ms Zouera Youssoufou, Dangote Foundation Chief Executive, said in a statement that about 106 trailer loads of basic necessities were provided in its fresh humanitarian intervention […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking on the floor of the senate during a debate on the state of the economy, some senators on Wednesday kicked against the call by Business mogul, Aliko Dangote and some Nigerians for the sale of the nation’s assets as a means of surviving the current economic recession. The senators also called for constitutional amendment […]
Continue ReadingThe richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote has proffered ways through which Nigeria can get out of recession before the end of 2016. Dangote, revealed details in an interview with CNBC Africa, saying: “The only way for us to get out of this recession is to make sure we move into action quickly; action by […]
Continue ReadingThe much expected Dangote Rice is billed to hit the market very soon as the Management has commenced the harvest of its first tranche. 789marketing.com.ng quoted sources within the organisation as saying that Aliko Dangote has been very happy with the news of the harvest, especially as it will be launched in the right time […]
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