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The\u00a0Dangote Group\u00a0was established as a small trading firm in 1977 when Dangote relocated to\u00a0Lagos\u00a0to expand the company. Dangote received a\u00a0\u20a6500,000 loan from his uncle to begin trading in commodities, including bagged\u00a0cement\u00a0and agricultural goods like rice and sugar.\u00a0In the 1990s, he approached the\u00a0Central Bank of Nigeria\u00a0with the idea that it would be less expensive for the bank to allow his transport company to manage their fleet of staff buses, a proposal that was also approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, the Dangote Group is one of the largest conglomerates in Africa, with international operations in\u00a0Benin,\u00a0Ghana,\u00a0Zambia, and\u00a0Togo. It has moved from a\u00a0trading company\u00a0to the largest industrial group in Nigeria, encompassing divisions like Dangote Sugar Refinery,\u00a0Dangote Cement, and Dangote Flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0Bloomberg Billionaires Index\u00a0estimated his net worth at\u00a0$28 billion in October 2024, making him the world’s richest black man, and the world’s\u00a0158th richest person\u00a0overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aliko Dangote born on April 10, 1957 in Kano state, Nigeria. He is a Businessman, Industrialist and philanthropist who is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[568,569,55,64,8],"class_list":["post-24911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-aliko","tag-dangote","tag-education","tag-student","tag-university"],"yoast_head":"\n