Towards The Next Decade
ALIKO DANGOTE, the Founder and President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group has been on the cover of FORBES AFRICA six times, including this edition. And for a 10th year in a row, Dangote is also Africa’s richest person with a real time networth of $12.1 billion, according to Forbes, up by $2 billion from last year’s list “thanks to a roughly 30% rise in the share price of Dangote Cement, by far his most valuable asset”.
“You also created a veritable platform for the African entrepreneur to connect to the rest of the world.”
– Aliko Dangote
The largest conglomerate in West Africa with a presence in 17 African countries and a market leader in cement on the continent, the Dangote Group has diversified into other sectors of the Nigerian economy including agriculture and is currently constructing the largest petroleum refinery, petrochemical plant and fertilizer complex in Africa.
Over the last decade, FORBES AFRICA has tracked and applauded his entrepreneurial spirit.
“I would like to congratulate FORBES AFRICA on accomplishing 10 years of impactful and transformational journalism,” the 63-year-old self-made African entrepreneur and role model to many conveys his “goodwill message”.
“Over the past decade, you played a major role in changing the African narrative where you displayed the continent as a market for the present and future, and in the process grew investors’ interest in Africa. You also created a veritable platform for the African entrepreneur to connect to the rest of the world and show that Africa is open for business. In the last 10 years, your publication has consistently highlighted African ingenuity, best practices in development and most recently, its resilience in the business space occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. FORBES AFRICA continues to be a cherished partner of the Dangote Group,
