Tag: Africa

Dangote’s Worth Surged to $9.2b in 2013

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person and the President of Dangote Group, is estimated to have added a whopping $9.2 billion to his fortune in 2013. He remains the 30th-richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg, a global financial intelligence. While the widely respected media corroborated Forbes Africa, reporting that […]

Dangote Plans $16bn Investment in Africa

Dangote Group, the Nigerian company controlled by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, plans to invest about $16 billion in cement, petrochemicals and agriculture over the next four years to boost expansion. According to the President of the group, the investment will help the Lagos-based company grow by almost a third […]