"Let me tell you this and I want to really emphasize it. Nothing is going to help Nigeria like Nigerians bringing back their money. If you give me $5 billion today, I will invest everything here in Nigeria. Let us put our heads together and work" – Aliko Dangote.
Being the richest man in a country is one thing, but being the richest in the entire continent is something else. Aliko Dangote is today the richest man in Africa due to his investments in various commodities through his brand, Dangote Group. He is now the world’s richest man of African descent too.
Aliko was born in 10th April 1957 in a prominent business family of Nigeria. His great Grandfather, Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, was the richest man in Nigeria in his time, till his death. His parents were Mariya and Mohammed Dangote. He is an ethnic conservative Muslim hausa from the Kano state. He has a brother names Sano Dangote.
He was very business minded right when he was a child, even though he was born into a wealthy family.
"I can remember when I was in primary school, I would go and buy cartons of sweets [sugar boxes] and I would start selling them just to make money. I was so interested in business, even at that time."
Aliko established the Dangote Group at the age of just 20. Back then, it was a small trading firm, but over time it grew into one of the biggest conglomerates in the continent that extended its influence to nations such as Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.For his early life schooling, Aliko went to Sheikh Ali Kumasi Madrasa (Arabic School), and the the Capital High School, Kano. Aliko went to college in Egypt where he pursued a course in Business studies from Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
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