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We can't deny it that Nigeria Need industrialists just as Dangote so as to be properly Developed.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote (CON)
is the Group President/CEO. He is a graduate of Business Studies from the Al-Azahar University, Cairo, Egypt and the founder/Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Group, which he transformed from a small trading business he started in 1977 to a multi-billion naira conglomerate spanning the West African sub region.
In recognition of his contributions to the growth of the Nigerian economy and his philanthropy, he has been conferred with several awards including the prestigious ZIK Award for professional leadership (1992), the International Award of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Cross River State Roll of Honour Award (2002) and the Thisday Newspapers Award for Chief Executive Officer of the Year (2005). He was conferred with the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 2000 and Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in 2005.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote serves on the Boards of the National Council of Nigerian Vision, Mohammed Bello Endowment for Justice and Jurisprudence, Kano Foundation, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, African Petroleum Plc, National Investment Promotion Council and the Heart of Africa (a management group on Nigeria Image Project), etc.
Mission
Touch the lives of people by providing their basic needs.
- The DANGOTE GROUP is a leading and corporate responsible organisation in West Africa with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria. The GROUP is one of Nigeria’s foremost-diversified business conglomerates, with a hard- earned reputation for excellent business practices and product quality.
- The GROUP’s activities are in manufacturing, imports, exports, commodity trading and property development. To support the GROUP’s business activities, it has set up one of the most extensive distribution networks in Nigeria consisting of Regional offices and a fleet of about 1000 tractor-trailers units.
- Since inception, the GROUP has experienced phenomenal growth resulting from the quality of its goods and services, its focus on cost leadership and efficiency of its human capital. Thus, from a modest beginning, DANGOTE GROUP has grown into a multi-billion Naira company focusing on the essential needs of food, shelter and clothing.
About Dangote Group | | | |
The foundation stone of what is known as Dangote Group was laid in the late 1970s. The formative years started with ALCO International Limited. Subsequently, Dangote Nigeria Limited was incorporated. During 1980s-1990s, the Group ventured into the importation of sugar, milk, flour, fish, rice, cement and iron rods. In order to improve our service delivery and bracing up with stiff market competition, the Group embarked on haulage business, which started with 600 trucks under Dangote Transport.
Dangote Industries Limited was incorporated in order to have a strategic option of sustaining the Group’s market leadership in trading commodities to that of a leading manufacturer of man’s essential needs of food, clothing and shelter. The paradigm shift was focused on the following: sugar refining, flour milling, pasta production, salt processing, bulk cement bagging, oil and gas, real estate, propylene bags, haulage, textiles, maritime operations and telecommunications.
A Success Story in a Developing Economy
Dangote Group is currently the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa and one of the largest in Africa. It generated revenue in excess of $1.255B in 2005. The group is one of the foremost diversified business conglomerates in sub-Saharan Africa. With a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and product quality, it has about 11,000 people in its employment.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote [CON]
Net Worth:$2.5 billion
Source:sugar, flour, cement manufacturing
Age:51
Country Of Citizenship:Nigeria
Residence:Lagos
Industry:Manufacturing
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